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ID number: BIRBI-R1389 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Julia Domna; Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 211-217 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 4.62 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1069. W. S. Lincoln, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Julia Domna, diademed and draped, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, on crescent, facing r. Reverse: Luna (possibly Diana?), with crescent on brow, mantle flying behind her, draped, standing facing l. in biga.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG (Julia Domna Augusta, Pious, Fortunate). Reverse: LVN-A LVCIFERA (Luna, the Bringer of Light).
Bibliography: RIC IV 379 (Caracalla)
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