RPC VI, 10886 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10886 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue ƐΤ Δ = 4
Dating 220/1
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒΑ[ϹΤΗ]
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ[ΤΡΟ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Δ
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Year 4 is unexpected, since most of Maesa's coins date to year 2, and only a single specimen is known for year 3. The numeral does look very much like a Δ, but there is a possibility that it might be a poor Α, and one might then consider that the coin is related to the enigmatic jugate coin of Elagabalus and an unidentifiable woman (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49473), but they are from different reverse dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Henseler collection, new type 724C, ex Savoca London Blue 2, 2019, lot 811