Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1441. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. Augusta 220-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.34 gm, 6h). Struck 220-222 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre; star to left. RIC IV 402 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 375 var. (Elagabalus; star to left); Cohen 11. Near VF, red-brown patina, a few spots of light encrustation. Rare. ($300)

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 2179.