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Electronic Auction 359  9 September 2015
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Lot 222

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 380 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.87 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 of Elagabalus (AD 219/20). IOYΛ MAICA CEB MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia; L Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4237; K&G 61.13; Emmet 3050.3 (R4). VF, dark gray-brown surfaces with touches of red. Rare variety with Dikaiosyne seated instead of standing.

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]).
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