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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 62Auction date: 17 October 2019
Lot number: 695

Lot description:


Julia Maesa (grandmother of Elagabalus and S. Alexander) Ӕ26 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-224/5. IVLIA MAESA AVGV, diademed and draped bust right / TVRIORVM, Hermes-Thoth standing left, holding rolled papyrus and caduceus; before, ibis standing left on base; behind, murex shell above palm tree. Rouvier -, but for rev. type, cf. 2445 (Gordian III); BMC -; Lindgren & Kovacs -. 12.63g, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives and unpublished in the standard references.

Estimate: 150 GBP