64, Lot: 273. Estimate $150. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. Died 222 AD. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 18.64 gm). Diademed and draped bust right / Venus seated left, holding apple and sceptre; small figure of Cupid before her. RIC IV 406 (Elagabalus); Cohen 18. Near VF, glossy brown patina, smoothed. 

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.