Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 615. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander. Augusta, 222-235 AD. BI Tetradrachm (11.56 g, 11h). Dated RY 3 of Severus Alexander (223/4 AD). Draped bust right / Eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, palm over right shoulder. Cf. Köln 2414 (Severus Alexander); Dattari -; Milne 2907; Emmett 3200 (Rarity 5). Good VF, smooth olive-brown patina. Rare. ($200)

From the RLS Collection.