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ID number:  BIRBI-R1433
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard
Maker:  Elagabalus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  218
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  4.83
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2627. From the Dorchester Hoard. Purchased from Mr. C. W. Peck at nominal prices, 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Elagabalus, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing l., holding Victory in extended r. and sceptre in l.; by her side, shield.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CΛES M AVR ΛNTONINVS IIVG (Imperator Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P COS P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 1F

4 Related People

Dorchester Hoard



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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Elagabalus
Roman
c.203
222
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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