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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1465
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):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.03
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 948. Seaby, 1928.
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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: Felicitas, draped and standing facing l., sacrifcing with patera in r. over lighted altar and holding long caduceus in l.; in r. field, star.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IVLIA MΛESΛ AVG (Julia Maesa Augusta). Reverse: SΛLCVLL FE-LICIΓAS (Age of Good Fortune).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 271 (Elagabalus)

4 Related People

Julia Maesa
Roman


Elagabalus
Roman
c.203
222
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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