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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1354
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):  3.20
Weight (g):  23.15
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 2012. Seaby, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Julia Domna, bare and draped, with hair waved and coiled at back, facing r. Reverse: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated facing l., holding palladium in extended r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IVIIA AVCVSTΛ (Julia Augustua). Reverse: VESTΛ S C (Vesta, S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 867 (Septimius Severus)

4 Related People

Septimius Severus
Roman
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211
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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