Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1643. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. Augusta 220-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.46 gm). Struck 218-220 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus seated left, holding apple and sceptre; at her feet, child standing right, arms raised. RIC IV 406 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 379 (Elagabalus); Cohen 18. VF, brown patina, flan crack, light smoothing. ($300)

From the Michael Weller Collection.