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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1466 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Elagabalus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 219 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 25.75 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3669. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Elagbalus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Elagabalus, togate and seated facing l., on platform, holding sceptre; before him, Liberalitas, draped, standing facing l., holding abacus in r. and cornucopiae in l.; to l., citizen, standing r., mounting steps of platform. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P II COS II P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: LIBERAL AVC II S C (The Generosity of the Emperor for the Second Time; S C - Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 290
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3 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Elagabalus Roman c.203 222 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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