Unpublished Julia Soaemias Tetradrachm

CNG 105, Lot: 621. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Soaemias. Augusta, AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). Draped bust right / Radiate bust of Helios-Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing calathus; upright caduceus-palm frond before; L Є (date) to lower left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett –. Good VF, dark 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Unpublished in the standard references, this reverse type was used for Aquilia Severa, Annia Faustina, and Julia Maesa.