Description: Ionia, Phokaia, Maximus as Caesar (236 - 238 AD). S. Au. Affianos, magistrate. Γ ΙΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠ C AV ΑΦ-ΦΙΑΝOV (clockwise) ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ (counterclockwise); Isis Pelagia or Pharia, standing right, clad in long chiton, with flying peplos, holding before her an inflated sail.

Diameter: AE31 mm

Weight: 13,28 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: BMC Ionia, pg. 226, 156; SNG Copenhagen 1069

Commentary: rare; brown-grey patina, legible legends, decent details

History: Isis Pelagia was the Goddess of the Sea and her famous festival of the launching of the ship of Isis, the Navigium Isidis, marked the opening of the shipping season on the Mediterranean Sea.

Article Number: 055-04-02-43711