RPC VI, 6659


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6659 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6659 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Issue	ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating	218/19
Obverse inscription	ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition	Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Σεβαστή
Translation	Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ [Β]
Edition	Μητροπόλ(εως) Καισαρία(ς) νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, of year 2
Reverse design	Apollo seated left on rocks, radiate and holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on a globe; to left and right, elaborate baetyl-shaped column; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	22.94 g
Axis	10, 11, 12
Reference	Ganschow 718b
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	The year is not clear on any of the specimens, but they are given to year 2 rather than year 5 because of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242667. Maesa occurs only on year 2 (apart from the https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50198, a unique coin of year 3, and perhaps the unusual https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49473, of year 1).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 653			24.69		ΝΕΩΚΟΡΥ (sic)	Show
2	2	P: 654			23.98			Show
2	2		R. Effler coll.	36	22.43		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show
3	3	B: 18224160	Löbbecke	33	22.12	10	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show
4	4 ✸		Henseler 1099, ex Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1255	37	22.95	12		Show
5	5	Winterthur: G 7021	Winterthur: G 7021	33	21.46	11	ΝΕⲰΚΟΡΟΥ rather than ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ.	Show