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ID number: BIRBI-R1439 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): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1479. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Elagabalus, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped and standing frontally, head facing r., holding standard in r. and vexillum in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: FIDE-S M-I-LITVM (Loyalty of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC IV 73B
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