RPC VI, 8643 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8643 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA MAISA AVGV
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Reverse design Cadmus advancing, right, on galley, right, looking back, holding sword and placing hand on trophy behind him; before him, small palm tree; behind him, murex shell; in the exergue, uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2459 (as Etruscilla)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B2288 Rouvier 2459
2 2     Beirut-AUB: C1502 255
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 285
4 4     CNG EA 193, 6 Aug. 2008, lot 167
5 5     CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 399