RPC VI, 7239 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7239 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue ƐΤ ΗΛϹ = 238
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Σεβαστή
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, r
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ) ΕΤ ΗΛϹ Γ Β Α Μ Κ (or Α Μ Κ Γ Β)
Reverse design Apollo standing nude facing, head left, holding laurel branch; to right, tripod around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.66 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 458–9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 203 SNG 2078 = Wa 4147 = Ziegler 458.2
2 2     Ziegler 458.1 = Levante 1443
3 3     Ziegler 458.3 (Fontana)
4 4     Ziegler 459 = Waage 821
5 5     Biga Numismatics EA 21, 1 July 2023, lot 340