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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1462
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Julia Maesa; Elagabalus; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  218-222
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.66
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1493. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Julia Maesa, bare with hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pietas, draped and standing facing l., sacrificing with raised r. over lighted altar and holding incense-box in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: LVLIA MAESA AVG (Julia Maesa Augusta). Reverse: PIETAS AVG (Imperial Piety).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 263 (Elagabalus)

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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


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