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A silver denarius of the empress Julia Domna with a reverse showing ortuna Felicitas seated facing a child. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Julia Domna, 193-218 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 210 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.6g
Obverse: Draped bust r.
IVLIA AVGVSTA
Reverse: Fortuna, naked to the waist, seated l. on throne, holding cornucopia, with tip to r. in r hand, and resting l. on rudder set on globe. Small figure, naked, on l., standing r.
FORTVNAE FELICI
Ref: RCV (2002) 6583 var (child); RIC IV 544; BMCRE V p160,29
Provenance: philobus (eBay), June 2007.
BW Ref: 030 032 111
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