Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5160227
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire, AE 18, 218-222 AD, Aquilia Severa 2nd and 4th wife of Elagabalus, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), 220-222 AD
Face value
Year
220
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
4.62
Diameter
18.29
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
ACVILIA SEVERA, gedrapeerde buste naar links, haar in een knot
Reverse
COL AECAP COMMPFA, Tyche
Edge
Privy mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Meshorer 145
Details

Very rare Coin with interesting origins. Ex Leu auction 86, 2003, 645. From the T. Kollek collection (Theodor (Teddy) Kollek (Nagyvázsony (near Budapest), 27 May 1911 - Jerusalem, 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician He was the elected mayor of Jerusalem for 28 years, from 1965 to 1993. About Aelia Capitolina (full Latin name: Colonia Aelia Capitolina) was a city built by Emperor Hadrian in 131, with the status of colonia, on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins when he visited the region of Syria Palæstina.

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