RPC VI, 8332 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8332 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription [ ] MAES[ ...]
Edition --- Maes--- [---] Maes[---]
Translation [---] Maesa[---]
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription [COL] IVL AVG FE[L HEL]
Edition colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Heliopolis col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Hel(iopolis)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Felix Heliopolis
Reverse design Nike standing, right, placing foot on rock and leaning on her knee, holding palm branch(?), and Hermes(?) standing, left, placing foot on rock and holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.00 g
Axis 6
Reference Sawaya 2025 (Berytus), Rouvier 591
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reverse dies link to a new coin for Elagabalus shows that the coin belongs to Heliopolis, not Berytus
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72409 Sawaya 2025