RPC VI, 8900


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8900 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Sebaste
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription	MAESA AVGVSTA
Edition	Maesa Augusta Maesa Augusta
Translation	Maesa Augusta
Obverse design	draped bust of Julia Maesa, r
Reverse inscription	COL L SE SEBASTE
Edition	colonia Lucia Septimia Sebaste col(onia) L(ucia) Se(ptimia) Sebaste
Translation	colony of Lucius Septimius Sebaste
Reverse design	Hades in quadriga of horses, right, looking back, holding reins and Persephone; above, Eros flying, right; (below, uncertain object)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	10.34 g
Axis	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
Reference	Rosenberger 30
Specimens	13 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1908,0110.2258	BMC 16	23	13.34	7		Show
2	2	L: 1908,1111.14	BMC 17	22	10.38	3		Show
3	3	NY: 2012.71.227		23	9.41	2		Show
4	4	P: 246		22	9.68			Show
5	5	IMJ	Rosenberger 30	22	8.40	12	Obv.: GIC 141 (laureate (?) bust r.)	Show
6	6 ✸	IMJ	Sofaer 34	23	11.28	3		Show
7	7		Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20523	21	9.95	6		Show
8	8		CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 175	20	10.84			Show
9	9		CGT coll. = CNG Auction 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 291	21	9.78	7		Show
10	10		Agora 19, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 69	23	10.64	10	Obv.: GIC 141 (laureate (?) bust r.)	Show
11	11		Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 1419 (as Elagabalus?)	21	9.88	8	Obv.: GIC 141 (laureate (?) bust r.)	Show
12	12		CGT coll.	21	9.98	1	Obv.: GIC 141 (laureate (?) bust r.)	Show
13	13		F. Jarman coll.	20	10.80	4		Show