RPC VI, 8988 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8988 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Antipatris
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἰουλία Μαῖσα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΠΑ[ΤΡΙϹ?]
Edition Ἀντιπάτρις
Translation Antipatris
Reverse design river god Yarkon reclining, left, holding reed and extending hand toward fish, right; below, water stream and two fishes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kindler, Antipatris 7–8
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Kindler, Antipatris 8.1 = Meshorer, City-Coins 149 = Rosenberger 34, 31
2 2     IMJ: 78.1753 Kindler, Antipatris 8.5 = Rosenberger 34, 32 (Eleutheropolis)
3 3     Tel Aviv Kindler, Antipatris 8.2
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 278
5 5 –6     Kindler, Antipatris 8.3–4 (Antipatris excavations)
7 7     Kindler, Antipatris 8.6
8 8     Kindler, Antipatris 8.7
9 9     Sofaer 7
10 10     Sofaer 8
11 11     Jerusalem trade (1958) = Revue Biblique 65.4, 1958, p. 584 no. 84 (Cité et princesse non identifié)