Copper, 5.26 grams; 22.99 mm. Rome 226 A.D. Obverse: JVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, Diademed and draped bust right. Reverse: VESTA SC, Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sceptre. Unpublished variant of RIC 709. Fine and excessively rare. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

A leading coin expert writes: "This coin is not in RIC as an As, only as a sestertius (24-25g, RIC 708) and as a dupondius (12-14g, RIC 709). RIC 711 is an As with VESTA, but on that coin, Vesta is holding a patera and sceptre, not a palladium and sceptre. So this is an unlisted var. of RIC 709."