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ID number: BIRBI-R1469 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Julia Soaemias; Elagabalus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 218-222 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 23.43 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 378. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Julia Soaemias, diademed with hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, facing r. Reverse: Venus, diademed and draped, seated facing l., holding apple in extended r. and sceptre in l.; at feet, child.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …LIA SOAE-MI…S AVC (Julia Soaemias Augusta). Reverse: ...NVS CΛEL-ESTIS (Heavenly Venus). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 406
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