112, Lot: 175. Estimate $100. Sold for $62. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Sebaste. Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Augusta, 218-225 AD. Æ 20mm (10.84 gm). Draped bust right / "The Rape of Persephone", Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. Rosenberger 34 (Julia Soaemias); SNG ANS 1084 (Soaemias). VF, dark green patina under light earthen encrustation.