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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.33 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 of Elagabalus (AD 219/220). IOYΛ MAICA CEB MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Draped bust of Selene right; crescent moon before; L Γ (date) behind. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4233; K&G 61.16; Emmett 3066.3. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, some roughness.
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]).