Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1449. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA MAMAEA, mother of Severus Alexander. Augusta, 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.99 gm, 12h). Struck 228 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Felicitas standing left, leaning on column to right, holding caduceus. RIC IV 676 (Alexander); BMCRE 487 (Alexander); Cohen 21. VF, dark brown patina, a few spots of blue-green encrustation. ($150)