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ID number: BIRBI-R1442 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): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 946. Seaby, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Elagabalus, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped and standing facing l., holding pileus and sceptre; in field, star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ΛNTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: LIBERT-AS AVG (Generosity of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 107B
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