Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1277. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Sebaste. Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus. Æ 21mm (7.99 gm). Draped bust right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. Rosenberger 34; SNG ANS 1084. Fine, earthen patina. Rare mythological scene. ($200)