RPC VI, 8727 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8727 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
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 COLO PTOL
Edition colonia Ptolemais colo(nia) Ptol(emais)
Translation the colony Ptolemais
Reverse design front view of portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and holding long sceptre; to left, and right, uncertain objects
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 6.45 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The weights suggest the AE 22 denomination, despite the smaller diameter of the Kaplun coin.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ LHS Numismatik AG > Auction 100, Apr. 2007, 535
2 2     Kaplun Coll.