Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1054. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA JULIA MAESA, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Died 224/5 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.53 gm, 11h). Struck by Severus Alexander, 224/5 AD. DIVA MAESA AVGVSTA, veiled and draped bust right / CONSE-C-RATIO AVG, S C across field, Diva Julia Maesa reclining left on peacock, cloak billowing around, left leg wrapped around peacock's right wing, holding sceptre in right hand; peacock flying right with wings outstretched. RIC IV 714 (Severus Alexander); Banti 3; BMCRE -; Cohen 4. Good VF, mottled blue-green patina, minor areas of soft strike. Very rare. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 54, 14 June 2000), lot 1730 (expertly conserved since); Lanz 26 (5 December 1983), lot 782; Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 1776; J. Hirsch XXXIV (5 May 1914), lot 1335.