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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1525
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Julia Mamaea; Severus Alexander; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 222-235
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  21.64
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 218. W. S. Lincoln, 1917.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Julia Mamaea, wearing diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, seated facing l., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopiae in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IVLIA MAMA-EΛ ΛVGVSTΛ (Julia Mamaea Augusta). Reverse: FELICITΛS PV-BLIC^ (Good Fortune of the Public). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 679 (Severus Alexander)

4 Related People

Severus Alexander
Roman
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235
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Julia Mamaea
Roman

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