120, Lot: 243. Estimate $500. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. Augusta, 218-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 25.32 g). Struck circa 218-220 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus seated left, holding apple and sceptre; Cupid at her feet. RIC IV 406 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 379 (Elagabalus); Cohen 18. VF, light brown patina, light roughness on reverse.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.