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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
JULIA DOMNA
, 2nd wife of Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
IVLIA AVGVSTA, Her draped bust to the right with an elaborate hairdo.
Reverse:
(HI)LARITAS S. C., Hilaritas standing to the left holding cornucopia and long palm-branch.
Reference:
RIC 877 (Sept. Sev.); Sear 1863. Grade: VF/F.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Septimius Severus
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Julia Domna see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.