RPC VI, 30274 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30274 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΜΑΙϹΑΝ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Ἰουλίαν Μαῖσαν Σεβαστήν Ἰουλίαν Μαῖσαν Σεβα(στήν)
Translation for Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεω(ς) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Julia Paula, standing right in long chiton clasping hands with Elagabalus, standing left in toga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.05 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The type is most common for Paula, and so presumably celebrates her marriage to Elagabalus, although it is known also for Elagabalus and Maesa.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private Coll.
2 2     Biga Numismatics EA 17, 19 Mar. 2023, lot 219