Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1057. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA MAMAEA, mother of Severus Alexander. Augusta, 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.38 gm, 2h). Struck 224 AD. IVLIA MAMA-EA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / VEN-VS F-ELIX, S C in exergue, Venus seated left on throne, holding Cupid, nude and with hands at side, in extended right hand and long sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 701 (Severus Alexander); Pink III, pg. 19; Banti 95; BMCRE 199 (Severus Alexander); Cohen 69. Near EF, mottled apple-green patina. ($500)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1977.