Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 817. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA MAESA, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Augusta, 218-224/5 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.82 g, 12h). Struck 220-222 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Felicitas standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and long caduceus; star to left. RIC IV 422 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 398 (Elagabalus); Cohen 47 var. (star to right). VF, olive patina, thin flan crack, reverse smoothed. Rare. ($300)