SEBASTE, JULIA MAESA AE
Sofaer 34, Rosenberger 30, Nice Very Fine, contrast added, 20.7mm, 10.77 grams
Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Maesa (grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander) to right, [MAESA] AVGVSTA around
Reverse: "The Rape of Persephone" - Hades in galloping quadriga to right, looking back, and carrying Persephone in right arm, Eros flying above, overturned cista mystica beneath horses, COL L SEP around above, SEBASTE in exergue
SCARCE and popular, interesting mythological type! One of the better examples we have seen.