RPC VI, 8644 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8644 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA MAESA AVGV
Edition Iulia Maesa Augu(sta)
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding short sceptre and aplustre, between two figures on deck of galley; figure on left emptying uncertain circular objects into sea; below, murex shell and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.13 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2408
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1948.19.2492
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81866
3 3     CGT coll. = CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 214
4 4     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323
5 5     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 393
6 6     ✸ Gemini, L 12, 11 Jan. 2015, lot 393
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 29, 27 Aug. 2016, lot 297
8 8     Rouvier 2408 (described as Dido)