RPC VI, 6678


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6678 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6678 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue	ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating	218/19
Obverse inscription	ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΕϹϹΑ ϹΕ[ΒΑϹΤΗ]
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; surmounted by three figures
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	12
Reference	S 531
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The strange form ΜƐϹϹΑ occurs also on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50061.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: 18224163	Löbbecke	28	12.32	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ZfN XII (1885), . 351, no. 11	Show
2	2		Schulten Oct. 1989, lot 784		9.35			Show
3	3		Ares web auction 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 290	26	11.90			Show