RPC VI, 8901 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8901 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Obverse inscription SVAEMIAS AVGVSTA SEB
Edition Soaemias Augusta Sebaste S{u}<o>aemias Augusta Seb(aste)
Translation Soaemias Augusta (Augusta)
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
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 front view of temple with four columns, wreath in pediment, within which Jupiter seated on throne, facing, holding long sceptre, between Minerva, to left, standing facing, head right, resting on shield, and Juno, to right, standing facing, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rosenberger 36–7
Specimens 12 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Rosenberger 36
2 2     IMJ Rosenberger 37
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 37
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 38
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Künker 436 eLive, 19 Nov. 2025, lot 10066 = CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1279 = Stack's April 2010, lot 319 = CNG 90, 2012, lot 1249 = CNG 299, 2013, lot 327
7 7     Holyland Auction 17, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 398
8 8     Holyland Auction 18, 30 Jan. 2022, lot 364
9 9     Revue Biblique 57.1, 1950, 125, no. 26 (Convent of St. Anne, Jerusalem)
10 10     Fritz Rudolf Künker eLive Auction 79, 16 Oct. 2023, lot 7325
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 591, 16 July 2025, lot 496