Aureus - Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta AETERNIT IMPERI

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	201
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.3 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269885
References	RIC IV.1# 540 (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.540_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 3 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes). , Vagi# 1723 David L. Vagi; 1999. Coinage and history of the Roman Empire. Amos Media, Sidney, Ohio, United States (2 volumes). , De Sartiges# 258 D.A. Longuet (ed.). Collection du Vicomte de Sartiges: Series Grecque et Romaine en 1910 ainsi que les acquisitions depuis cette date = Collection of the Vicomte de Sartiges. Paris, France. , Kent & Hirmer# 383 John P. C. Kent, Bernhard H. Overbeck, Armin U. Stylow, Max Hirmer, Albert Hirmer; 1973. Die Römische Münze = The Roman Coin. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Mazzini# 1 Giuseppe Mazzini. Monete imperiali romane. Mario Ratto, Milan, Italy (5 volumes). , Calicó# 2653 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , Biaggi Rome# 1132-1133 Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.). Leo Biaggi Collection of Roman gold coins and medallions. , Jameson# 178 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IVLIA AVGVSTA

Unabridged legend: Iulia Augusta

Translation: Julia [Flavia] the venerable

Reverse

Busts of Caracalla, laureate, draped, and of Geta, bare-headed, draped, sometimes cuirassed, facing one another.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AETERNIT IMPERI

Unabridged legend: Aeternitas Imperii

Translation: The eternity of the Roman Empire

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (201)								$ 75 000	$ 110 000	$ 110 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 146 Lot 2363	8 May 2024	UNC	USD 189 708.68 (CHF 150 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Künker Auction 158 Lot 658	28 Sep 2009	UNC	USD 74 302.40 (EUR 64 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 46 - The Millennia Collection Lot 119	26 May 2008	UNC	USD 65 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Naville III, 1922, Sir Arthur Evans, 94; NFA-Leu 16 May 1984, Garrett, 837; Leu 93, 2005, 60
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Maison Palombo Auction 20 Lot 64	22 Jan 2022	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 215 003.17 (CHF 170 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Maison Palombo
	Stacks Bowers August 2018 ANA Auction Lot 20124	16 Aug 2018	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5)	Unsold
© Stacks Bowers
	Maison Palombo Auction 16 Lot 53	21 Oct 2017	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 126 472.46 (CHF 100 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Maison Palombo
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 100 Lot 549	29 May 2017	UNC	USD 107 501.59 (CHF 85 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Leu 91, 2004, 598; possibly from the Karnak hoard of 1901
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 760	6 May 2019	UNC	USD 75 883.47 (CHF 60 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 135 Lot 804	21 May 2007	UNC	USD 34 248.76 (EUR 29 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 105 Lot 60	9 May 2018	UNC	USD 113 825.21 (CHF 90 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG