Denarius of Julia Soaemias Augusta from Roman Empire Mint: Rome
Honorand: Julia Soaemias Bassiana, 180–222
Ruler: Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome, ca. 203–222, ruled 218–22

218–22

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.22 g, 2:00, 18 mm

Credit Line

Ruth White Fund

Accession Number

2021.84.151

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

3rd century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus)

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Draped bust right

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Venus Caelestis seated left, holding apple and scepter; to left, child standing right, raising hands
Provenance
Probably Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., until about 1960’s. Sale, Skinner Auctions, Marlborough, February 12, 2020, lot 1002; sold to private collection, February 12, 2020; sold to private collection, Amherst, Mass.; sold to private collection; sale, Classical Numismatics Group Keystone Auction, February 17, 2021, lot 151; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: Hand-written inscriptions on the boxes and index cards that sold alongside the coin at Skinner and CNG suggest the coin was formerly with the Yale University Library. The circumstance of transfer of the coin from Yale’s collections is unclear. The Gallery welcomes information that would further clarify the coin’s ownership history.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

coins

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