EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.83 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/222).

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Roman Provincial, Potin

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.83 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/222). IOYΛ MAICA CEB MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Eagle with closed wings standing left, head right, wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9842; K&G –; Emmett 3051.5 (R5). Dark gray-brown patina with traces of red, minor roughness. VF. Very rare.

From the BLS Collection.

It’s interesting that such an ubiquitous reverse type is so rare for Maesa’s regnal year five. The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa’s Alexandrian coinage style her as “mother of the camps” (MHT[ηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]).

Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 11:31:40 ET.

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