RPC VI, 3627 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3627 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛ(ΙΑΝ) ΜΑΙϹΑΝ ϹΕΒ(ΑϹ)
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right, holding poppy flower
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ Η
Reverse design Zeus(?) standing facing, head left, holding sceptre, and Hera(?) standing facing, head right, holding sceptre; all around, the signs of the Zodiac delimited by a dotted circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference BMC 34, Rec 157
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 34
2 2     P: 17486
3 3     P: 593 SNG 145 = Rec 157 = = Kraft 101, 18.2
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton IV, 5 Dec. 2000, lot 357 = CNG 115, 16 Sept. 2020, lot 427
6 6     Waddell I, 1982, lot 80