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Æ26 - Elagabalus ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing right, wearing a diadem, her hair elaborately arranged in waves. The portrait is rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Phrygian civic coinage of the Severan period. The Greek legend ΙΟΥΛΙ ΜΑΙϹΑ ϹΕ (Julia Maesa Augusta) is disposed around the bust, partially legible in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Acmonea, a minor Phrygian city in the conventus of Apamea, issued bronze coinage sporadically under several emperors, but its output under Elagabalus is notably scarce. The city had possessed a strong Jewish community since at least the Augustan period — unusually well-documented for provincial Phrygia — and its civic coinage tradition reflects a municipality that punched above its administrative weight.
The reign itself lasted only four years before the Praetorian Guard murdered Elagabalus in a latrine and dragged his body through Rome's streets.