Unpublished Julia Soaemias Tetradrachm
355, Lot: 406. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Soaemias. Augusta, AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.97 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). Draped bust right / Ares standing left, holding spear and parazonium; shield leaning against spear; L Є (date) in left field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett –. Nice VF, dark gray-brown surfaces. Very rare.
From the Hermanubis Collection.
Unpublished in the standard references, this reverse type was used for Aquilia Severa, Annia Faustina, and Julia Maesa.