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A base metal coin of the empress Julia Domna with Luna driving a chariot on the reverse Coin Type: Base metal "limes" denarius of Julia Domna, 193-218 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 215 CE (if silver)
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.06g
Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG
Draped bust right wearing heavy wig.
Reverse: LVNA LVCIFERA
Luna with crescent on head, drapery flying in semicircle behind, rides biga left in the night.
Ref: RCV (2002) 7101; RIC IV 379c; BMCRE V p.432, 10.
Provenance: ancientauctionhouse.com (eBay); November 2006.
BW Ref: 025 029 092
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The content of this page was last updated on 20 November 2006