RPC VI, 8647 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8647 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA MAESA AVGV
Edition Iulia Maesa Augusta Iulia Maesa Augu(sta)
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Diomedes(?) standing nude, left, placing foot on rock, holding Palladium, chlamys and spear; to left, murex shell; to right, small palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.34 g
Axis 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     Haifa-MM: 1276 D. Syon, 'The Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Coins', in M. Hartal, D. Syon, E. Stern and A. Tatcher (eds.), ‘Akko II: The 1991–1998 Excavations. The Early Periods (IAA Reports 60. Jerusalem, 2016), pp. 203–226, at 207 = R. Palistrant Schaik, 'Myth in Service of Power: Why the Greek Hero Diomedes Appears on the Roman Coins of Tyre', INR 19 (2021), 197-212, at 197 with pl. 14.1 (attributed to Julia Mamaea)