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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.60 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 of Elagabalus (AD 220/1). IOYΛ MAICA CEBA MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Eagle standing facing with open wings, head right with wreath in beak; L ∆ (date) in upper left field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4236; K&G 61.20; Emmet 3052.4 (R4). VF, dark gray-brown surfaces.
From the Hermanubis Collection.
The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa's Alexandrian coinage style her as "mother of the camps" (MHT[ηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]).
From the Hermanubis Collection.
The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa's Alexandrian coinage style her as "mother of the camps" (MHT[ηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]).