RPC VI, 30099 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30099 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus driving a biga of panthers, right, holding long thyrsus and reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Although presently catalogued under Elagabalus, the absence of any coins at the moment for Elagabalus, together with the reverse die link, suggests that the coin may have been struck in the reign of Severus Alexander.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.