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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.84 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 of Elagabalus (AD 219/20). IOYΛ MAIC[A CE]B MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Crowned and draped bust of Isis left; L Γ (date) across field. Köln 2356; Dattari (Savio) 4223; K&G 61.14; Emmet 3056.3. 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]).