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Contributor:
Teresa Darling. |
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Issuer: |
JULIA MAESA, grandmother of Elagabalus, AD 218-222. AR Denarius. |
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Obverse: |
IVLIA MAESA AVG., Her draped bust, hair arranged in a bun, facing to the right. |
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Reverse: |
SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing to the left, holding caduceus and patera over altar, star in upper left field. |
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Reference: |
RIC 272; Sear 2184 var. Grade: VF. |
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Comments: |
For more information, read the "Elagabalus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Julia Maesa see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |