Coin: æ sestertius
- Museum number:
- 8-5899
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080005899
- Accession number:
- Acc.892
- Description:
- Coin: Sestertius; Æ; Julia. Mamaea - 17.70 grams. Rome, 222-235 AD. Obverse: IVLIAMAMAEA AVGVSTA - bust draped, diademed, facing right. Reverse: VENVS FELIX (Greek: Aphrodite), SC in exergue - Venus seated facing left, holding statuette in extended right hand, scepter in left.
- Donor:
- Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
- Collection place:
- Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
- Production place:
- Rome (ancient city)
- Culture or time period:
- Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
- Collector:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Julia Mamaea (Regent, mother of Alexander Severus, Emperor of Rome) and Venus (Roman deity)
- Inscription:
- IVLIAMAMAEA AVGVSTA, S C, and VENVS FELIX
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Sestertii
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 222-235 AD
- Accession date:
- 1946
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 17.7 grams
- Images:
-
- Legacy documentation:
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