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Julia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD, Lydia, Sardis, AE Assarion

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Origin: Lydia, Sardis
Authority: Julia Maesa, struck under Elagabalus
Denomination: AE Assarion
Composition: Bronze
Date: 218-224/5 AD
Obverse: IOYΛIA MAICA AY, Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing right
Reverse: CAPΔIANΩN Γ NЄΩKOPΩN, Mên, standing facing, looking left, wearing Phrygian cap; in right hand, holding pine cone; in left hand, holding long sceptre
Size: 17.25mm, 3.82g, 6h
Grade: gVF, roughness, earthen highlights
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2 (26 November 2017), Lot 419
References: RPC VI Online 4495; BMC Lydia [Sardes] p. 266, 174 var. (rev. legend); SGICV 3240 var. (same; SNG Copenhagen -
General: Julia Maesa was a Roman Empress during the 3rd century AD. She is remembered for plotting and succeeding in restoring the Severan dynasty to the throne. This coin was minted in Sardes, which in antiquity was a city in the Roman province of Lydia.
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