RPC VI, 8646 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8646 (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 ΔΕΙΔΩ
Edition Τυρίων Δείδω
Translation of the Tyrians, Dido
Reverse design Dido standing, left, wearing peplos, holding small sceptre and torch, in front of city gate flanked by two towers; on top and below, male figure kneeling, right, building; above, murex shell; to right, small palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.06 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2406
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.81346
2 2     ✸ CNG > Triton V, Jan. 2002, 1770
3 3     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 123
4 4     CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 208
5 5     M&M Deutschland 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 181
6 6     Rouvier 2406
7 7     Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2360