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Electronic Auction 502  20 Oct 2021
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Lot 415

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 325 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 of Elagabalus (AD 220/221). IOYΛ MAICA CEB MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Homonoia standing left, raising right hand, holding double cornucopia with left; L Δ (date) to left. Köln 2357; Dattari (Savio) 4222; K&G 61.22; Emmet 3055.4 (R4). Dark brown patina with touches of green and red. VF. Very rare type for this regnal year.

From the Judy Day Frink Collection, purchased from Bill Kalmbach (Nilus Coins). Reportedly ex Col. James W. Curtis Collection, no. 999.

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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