RPC VI, 6679 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6679 (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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; surounted by three figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 529
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1226.452 BMC 295
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1105, ex Gorny & Mosch 33, 1986, lot 462
3 3     CGT coll., ex VCoins Aegean
4 4     Leeds-UL: 1573