280, Lot: 250. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Julia Soaemias. Augusta, AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 20.80 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 218-220. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Venus seated left, holding apple and scepter; to left, small figure of Cupid standing right, extending hands to her. RIC IV 406 (Elagabalus); Banti 5. VF, brown patina, minor roughness.
From the Nera Collection; Ex Triton I ((2 December 1997), lot 1565.