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ID:     73000745
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     SYRIA, PHOENICIA
City:     Sidon
Issuer:     Julia Maesa
Date Ruled:     AD Augusta, 218-224/5
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 30
Date Struck:     AD 218-224/5
Diameter:     30 mm
Weight:     18.14 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     IVL MAESA AVG
Obverse Description:     Draped bust right
Reverse Legend:     COL AVP PIA MHTRO SID
Reverse Description:     Car of Astarte: cult xoanon, flanked on either side by small figure, within ornate tetrastyle canopy, set on two-wheeled base; four palms emerging from roof of structure
Primary Reference:     AUB 283
Reference2:     SNG Cop 264 var. (bust type)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91229
Grade:     VF, black patina with orange overtones.
Notes:     Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 745 From the Alexandre de Barros Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 53 (20 November 2002), lot 67.