RPC VI, 4477 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4477 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Αὐγούστα Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Αὐγού(στα)
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, r
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Mên standing facing, head left, wearing crescent on shoulders, holding pine cone and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.17 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 603, Hochard 2072c
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Harvard: 1981.74.50
2 2     SNG Tatiş 791
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.
4 4     Sardis Excavations 2012.27, illustrated by J. DeRose Evans, 'The Third Neokorate of Sardis in Light of a New Coin Type Found in Sardis', in FIDES: Contributions to Numismatics in Honor of Richard B. Witschonke, p. 490, figs. 4-5
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     SNG Turkey 11, 370