RPC VI, 8902 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

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
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
Reverse inscription COL L SE 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
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 12
Reference Rosenberger 34–5
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)

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