RPC VI, 6687 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6687 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΕϹϹΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design altar, decorated with small Mount Argaeus, surmounted by four corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference SM 531c; Ganschow 724
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The strange form ΜƐϹϹΑ also occurs on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50397.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18224169 Löbbecke
2 2     NY: 1944.100.62606
3 3     Henseler 1106; Henseler 1106