162, Lot: 275. Estimate $75. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ 24mm (9.55 g). Draped bust right / COL AV left, PIA ME SIDON below in two lines, Europa, holding billowing veil, riding on bull right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 194, 295; SNG Copenhagen -; AUB 281. VF, black patina with some earthen encrustation.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.