RPC VI, 8728 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8728 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA MAESA AVG[V?]
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription COLO PTOL
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns within which Sarapis seated left, holding long sceptre and patera(?), between Isis standing, right, before him, holding sistrum(?), and Tyche standing, left, behind him, holding long sceptre; below, thunderbolt; in pediment, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 183
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71236 Kadman, Ptolemais 183