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ID number: BIRBI-R1454 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Elagabalus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 218-222 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.78 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3670. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Elagbalus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, flying facing r., holding diadem (or garland) with both hands; to either side, shield; in field, star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: VICTOHIΛ ΛVG (Imperial Victory).
Bibliography: RIC IV 161D
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