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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1449
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):  2.78
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 56. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Elagbalus, wearing laurel wreath and horned, draped, facing r. Reverse: Elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing facing l., sacrificing out of patera in r. over tripod, holding branch downwards in l.; in field, star.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMD ANTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: SVMMVS SA-CL'RDOS AVG (High Priest Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 146

3 Related People

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


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