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ID number: BIRBI-R1353 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Julia Domna; Septimius Severus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 196-211 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 22.22 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3433. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Julia Domna, bare and draped, with hair waved and coiled at back, facing r. Reverse: Cybele, towered and draped, seated facing l. on throne, holding branch in extended r. and resting l. arm on drum set on l. knee; to either side of throne, lion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA (Julia Augustua). Reverse: MAΓER DEVM (Mother of Gods). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 859 (Septimius Severus)
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