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Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Geta), 193–217 CEAR Denarius, Rome mint, 211 CE, 3.30g. BM 33a (p. 435), RIC-, RSC 251a (C.L. Clay and Vienna). Obv: IVLIA PIA - FELIX AVG; draped bust right. Rx: VOTA PVBLICA; Pietas (Julia?) standing left, dropping incense on lighted altar and holding open box.

Notes: Rare; none in Reka Devnia. A specimen was purchased by the British Museum in 1973; another in the G.R. Arnold Collection sold in the Glendining sale (21 November 1984), lot 113 (a pair of denarii), pl. V (this type illustrated); hammer price for the lot £120.2 commentsBritannicusJul 28, 2013

Septimius Severus, 193–211 CEAR Denarius, Rome mint, 210–1 CE; BM p. 368, RIC 331, RSC 137a. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS – AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: FELICITAS PVBLICA; Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia.

Notes: Very rare type with BRIT legend.4 commentsBritannicusJul 28, 2013

Septimius Severus, 193–211 CEAR Denarius, Rome mint, 202–10 CE; 3.32g. BM 370, C 713 (5 Fr.), RIC 299. Obv: SEVERVS - PIVS AVG; head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIAE AVGG; Victory in galloping biga right.

Notes: Same dies as VAuctions 265 (16 June 2011), lot 140; Rauch Mail Bid Sale 9 (23 September 2005), lot 940. Rare; only three specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard.

Provenance: Berk BBS 114 (May 2000), lot 369.4 commentsBritannicusJul 28, 2013

Elagabalus, 218–22 CEAR denarius, Rome, 221–2 CE; 19mm, 3.51g, 6h. BMCRE 209–10, RIC 88, RSC 61b. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; laureate bust, draped, seen from the front, bearded. Rx: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG; Elagabalus standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, holding club or branch (cypress?), and recumbent bull behind altar; star or comet in field left.

Notes: Seventh issue (May 221 to end of the reign, March 222) of the reign of Elagabalus.

Provenance: Ex Triton XVI (8–9 January 2013), lot 1108.1 commentsBritannicusApr 02, 2013

Elagabalus, 218–22 CEAR denarius, Rome, 221–2 CE; 3.05g. RIC 131, RSC 246. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; laureate bust, draped, seen from the front, with horn over forehead, bearded. Rx: SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB; Elagabalus standing right, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, holding club or rod (cypress?) upright; star or comet in field right.

Notes: Seventh issue (May 221 to end of the reign, March 222) of the reign of Elagabalus.

Provenance: Ex Heritage – WWACA 231304 (24 January 2013), lot 61062.2 commentsBritannicusApr 02, 2013

Severus Alexander, 222–35 CEAR denarius, Rome, 231 CE; 19.4mm, 2.40g. BMCRE 638–41, RIC 219, RSC 566a. Obv: IMP SEV ALE – XAND AVG; head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; Victory standing right, left foot on helmet, inscribing VOT / X on shield supported upon her knee.

Notes: Refers to the initial victories won against the Persians in 231, which was the tenth anniversary of the reign.2 commentsBritannicusMar 29, 2013

Septimius Severus, 193–211 CEAR denarius, Rome mint, 210–1 CE; 19mm, 3.18g. BM 59, CRB 41, RIC 333, RSC 728. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS – AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIAE BRIT; Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm. Commemorates victories declared in Britain. Rare; only two specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard. EF, with light cleaning marks in the obverse field before the nose.

ex Davissons 31, 30 November 2012, lot 122 1 commentsBritannicusMar 29, 2013

Elagabalus, 218–22 CEAR denarius, Rome, 221 CE; 2.89g. BMCRE 256, RIC 46, RSC 196. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG; laureate bust, draped, seen from the front, with horn over forehead, bearded. Rx: PM TR P IIII COS III PP; Elagabalus, standing half-left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, holding branch (cypress?) upwards in left hand; star or comet in field left.

Notes: Seventh issue (May 221 to end of the reign, March 222) of the reign of Elagabalus. High-relief portrait.

Provenance: Ex Münzen & Medaillen 37 (23 November 2012), lot 218; ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel – Fixed Price List 243 (May 1964), lot 304.1 commentsBritannicusMar 29, 2013

Geta (as Augustus), 209–11 CEAR denarius, Rome, 211 CE; 3.20g. BMCRE 16, RIC 81, RSC 200. Obv: P SEPT GETA – PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: TR P II – I COS II PP; Providentia (variously described as Æternitas or Pax) standing front, head left, holding lighted torch and globe.

Notes: First issue (c. May) of the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta. Scarce; fewer than thirty specimens in the hoards studied by P.V. Hill (twenty in Reka Devnia).

Provenance: Ex Münzen & Medaillen 37 (23 November 2012), lot 215. BritannicusMar 29, 2013

Geta (as Caesar), 198–209 CEAR denarius, Rome, 209 CE; 3.42g. RIC 62, RSC 119. Obv: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES; bare-headed draped bust right. Rx: PONTIF COS II; Geta, veiled, standing half-left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod and holding short scepter.

Notes: Special issue of the joint reign of Severus and Caracalla commemorating the departure for Britain. Scarce; forty specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard.

Provenance: Ex Gorny & Mosch 212 (6 March 2013), lot 2884.BritannicusMar 29, 2013

Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Geta)
193–217 CEAR denarius, Rome, 211 CE; 3.20g. RIC 385, RSC 172a. Obv: IVLIA PIA – FELIX AVG; draped bust r. Rx: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia (Cohen says Julia) veiled, seated left, head front, right hand on breast and left hand holds scepter.

Notes: Second issue of the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta. Rare; fewer than ten specimens in the hoards studied by P.V. Hill.

Provenance: Ex Goldberg 72 (5–6 February 2013), lot 4495.1 commentsBritannicusMar 29, 2013

Caracalla, 198–217 CEAR denarius, Rome, 212 CE; 19mm, 3.38g. BMCRE 35–8, RIC 192, RSC 196. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: PM TR – P XV COS III PP; Hercules, naked, standing half-left, holding branch and club with lion’s skin.

Notes: First issue (c. March) of the sole reign of Caracalla.

Provenance: Ex Numis.be (24 November 2012), lot 65.BritannicusMar 29, 2013

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Geta (as Caesar), 198–209 CEGeta (as Caesar); 198–209 CE. AR denarius, Rome mint, 199–202 CE; 3.27g. BMCRE S234 note, RIC 16b, RSC 157. Obv: P SEPT GETA – CAES PONT; boy’s bare-headed draped bust right. Rx: PR – INC – IVV – ENT; Geta, in military dress, standing half-left, holding branch and reversed spear; behind, trophy. Issued during the reign of Septimius Severus.

ex Henry Hall Wilson Collection, purchased from Herakles Numismatics, 25 June 2011

H.H. Wilson III (1951–2009) an attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina, was the son of H.H. Wilson, Jr. (1921–79), H.H. Wilson III (1951–2009) an attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina, was the son of H.H. Wilson, Jr. (1921–79), an administrative assistant and congressional liaison for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and president of the Chicago Board of Trade from 1967 to 1973.3 commentsBritannicus