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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1436
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:  221
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.75
Weight (g):  2.39
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3936. A. H. Baldwin, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Elagabalus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, flying facing r. holding diadem (or garland) with both hands; to either side, shield; in field, star.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ɪ^^ɾ ΛNTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: P M IN P IIII CoS III Y P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fourth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 45A

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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