Julia Maesa, AE27 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-225. 11.49 g.

IVLIA MAESA AVGV, diademed and draped bust right.
TVRIORVM, Dido standing left holding a ruler and sceptre surveying the construction of Carthage, the city gate on the left, with a mason on the roof, a worker with a pick-axe digging before the gateway. Murex shell in upper centre, palm tree to right Dido. (on clear examples: DEI-DW below).

Rouvier 2406 .

With permission of Münzen & Medaillen (DE) GmbH auction 11, Lot 181, Nov 2002