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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1450
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard
Maker:  Elagabalus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  218-222
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  5.48
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 2629. From the Dorchester Hoard. Purchased from Mr. C. W. Peck at nominal prices, 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Elagbalus, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped and standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopiae in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ɪMΓ AMTONINVͻ ^VG (Imperator Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: TEMPORVM FELICITAS (Good Fortune of the Age).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 149F

4 Related People

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


Dorchester Hoard



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