Experts in Coins & Medals

Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.31 g, 12 h), Rome, 194. IVLIA DOMNA AVG Draped bust of Julia Domna to right, her hair in five waves and bound up at the back. Rev. VENERI VICTR Venus, half nude and seen from behind, with her drapery folded underneath her gently rounded posterior, standing to right, holding a palm branch in her left hand, a globe in her right and leaning with her left elbow on a low column to her left, covered by the drapery. BMCRE (S. Severus) 47. Calicó 2641. Cohen 193. Hill 100. RIC (S. Severus) 536. Struck in high relief with a dignified early portrait of the empress. Good extremely fine.

John II Comnenus, 1118-1143. Half Tetarteron (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.13 g, 6 h), Thessalonica, circa 1118-1122. O / ΔΙ/MI-[TPIOC] St. Demetrius holding spear over his shoulder with his right hand, and shield with his left. Rev. + Iω [DЄC] Hslf-length bust of John, wearing loros, holding labarum with his right hand, and globus cruciger with his left. DOC 17. SB 1955 corr. (Demetrius holding sword). Dark-green patina. Very fine.