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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 of Severus Alexander (AD 222/3). IOYΛIA MAICA CEB, draped bust right / Elpis standing left, holding lotus blossom and raising a fold of her skirt; L B (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4221; K&G 61.9; Emmet 3053.2 = Milne 2749. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces. Rare.
From the Hermanubis Collection.
The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa's Alexandrian coinage style her as "mother of the camps" (MH[τηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]), but as this coin only lists her as Augusta (CEB[αστα]), it has been attributed to the reign of Severus Alexander by Kampmann and Ganschow.
From the Hermanubis Collection.
The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa's Alexandrian coinage style her as "mother of the camps" (MH[τηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]), but as this coin only lists her as Augusta (CEB[αστα]), it has been attributed to the reign of Severus Alexander by Kampmann and Ganschow.