RPC VI, 8902 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8902 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Obverse inscription SVAEMIAS AVGVSTA SEB
Edition 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 col(onia) L(ucia) Se(ptimia) Sebaste
Translation Colony of Lucius Septimius Sebaste
Reverse design Hades in quadriga, right, looking back, holding reins and Persephone; above, Eros flying, right; behind, Athena advancing, right, holding shield and about to hurl spear; before, serpent over basket, right; below, cista(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.12 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 12
Reference Rosenberger 34–5
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2257 BMC 18
2 2     P: 247
3 3     B: 1895/51
4 4     B: 1854/17165
5 5     NY: 1944.100.69192 SNG 1084
6 6     ✸ Bern: N/98.84
7 7     IMJ Rosenberger 34
8 8     IMJ Rosenberger 35
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 39
10 10     Yale: 2001.87.12653
11 11     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1277
12 12     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1278
13 13     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1703
14 14     Gemini, LLC VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 771
15 15     Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12147
16 16     Lindgren I, A2438A