RPC VI, 6659


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6659 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6659 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue	ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating	218/19
Obverse inscription	ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕT [Β]
Reverse design	Apollo seated left on rocks, radiate and holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on a globe; to left and right, elaborate baetyl-shaped column; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Axis	10, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 718b
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	The year is not clear on any of the specimens, but they are given to year 2 rather than year 5 because of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242667. Maesa occurs only on year 2 (apart from the https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50198, a unique coin of year 3, and perhaps the unusual https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49473, of year 1).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 653			24.69		ΝΕΩΚΟΡΥ (sic)	Show
2	2	P: 654			23.98			Show
2	2		R. Effler coll.	36	22.43		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show
3	3	B: 18224160	Löbbecke	33	22.12	10	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show
4	4 ✸		Henseler 1099, ex Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1255	37	22.95	12		Show
5	5	Winterthur: G 7021	Winterthur: G 7021	33	21.46	11	ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show