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A silver denarius of the empress Julia Domna with a reverse showing Vesta standing Coin Type: Silver denarius of Julia Domna, 193-218 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 196-211 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 2.06g
Obverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA
Draped bust right, head bare, large vertical bun at back.
Reverse: VESTAE SANCTAE
Vesta, veiled, draped, standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand and a vertical sceptre in left hand.
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV 587; BMCRE V p169, 98.
Provenance: biggyg2 (eBay), August 2009.
BW Ref: 043 042 144
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