Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1302. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Augusta 218-225 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.91 gm, 12h). Dated RY 2 of Elagabalus (218/9 AD). Draped bust right / Elpis walking left, holding flower and lifting hem of chiton; date across field. Köln 2352; Dattari 4220 var. (obv. legend); Milne 2752; Emmett 3053. VF, toned, smoothed surfaces. Rare. ($300)