Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1550. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ Sestertius (18.71 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 218-220. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Pietas standing left, holding incense box and sacrificing over altar. RIC IV 414; Thirion 408; Banti 6. Good VF, dark green patina, minor roughness.
From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 7, Sotheby’s, 25 October 1984), lot 622 (part of); Scheyer Collection (Hess, 1 December 1913), lot 1383.