120, Lot: 245. Estimate $250. Sold for $501. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA MAESA, grandmother of Elagabalus. Augusta, 218-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 16.64 g). Struck circa 218-220 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Pietas standing left, right hand extended over altar, holding box of perfume in left. RIC IV 414 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 389 (Elagabalus); Cohen 31. VF, reddish-brown patina with some green rough surfaces, particularly the reverse.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.