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A broken silver denarius of the empress Julia Domna with a reverse showing Vesta seated Coin Type: Holed, chipped silver denarius of Julia Domna, 193-218 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 193-196 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm, 2.25g
Obverse: IVLIA DOM-NA AVG
Draped bust right, head bare, four ridges in hair, large vertical bun at back.
Reverse: PIE-TAS
Vesta, draped, seated left on throne, holding palladium on extended right hand, left arm resting on the side of the throne.
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV —; BMCRE V p86, 330.
Provenance: petcatchris (eBay), September 2007.
BW Ref: 041 040 136
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