120, Lot: 251. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JULIA MAMAEA, mother of Severus Alexander. Augusta 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 23.94 g). Struck 232 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Fecunditas standing left, extending right hand over small child with extended arms, holding cornucopiae in left arm. RIC IV 668 (Severus); BMCRE 920 (Severus); Cohen 8. VF, brown patina, some scattred green and red encrustation.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.