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Coin of Julia Mamaea, Mother of Alexander Severus: Obverse: Bust of Julia with Inscription: JULIA MAMAEA AUGUSTA, Reverse: Woman Leaning on Column with Inscription: FELICITAS PUBLICA S(enatus) C(onultu)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Coin of Julia Mamaea, Mother of Alexander Severus: Obverse: Bust of Julia with Inscription: JULIA MAMAEA AUGUSTA, Reverse: Woman Leaning on Column with Inscription: FELICITAS PUBLICA S(enatus) C(onultu)

Place ExcavatedCaesarea, Israel, Asia
CultureRoman
PeriodRoman Period, Reign of Alexander Severus
Date235 CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineLink Marine Expedition, 1960
Dimensions1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Object number1960.058
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
ProvenanceExcavated by Link Marine Expedition, Israel, 1960.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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Coin, Antoninianus of Julia Maesa, Grandmother of Emperor Elagabalus (Obverse: Head of Julia Maesa on a Crescent, Reverse: Personification of Piety Sacrificing at a Lighted Altar, Holding an Incense Box)
218-222 CE
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Coin: Obverse: Bust of Emperor with Inscription: IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) AUR(elius) C(aesar) M(arcus), Reverse: Man Holding Spear with Inscription: P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(olestas)VII COS(=Consul)III
222-235 CE
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Coin: Obverse: Head of Emperor with Inscription: IMP(erator) C(aesar) DIOCLETIANUS P(ius) F(elix) AUG(ustus), Reverse: Woman Holding an Olive Branch with Inscription: PAX AUGG(Augustorum)
284-305 CE
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Coin with Head of Woman and Inscription DIVA AUGUSTA FAUSTINA (Obverse) and Diety in Front of Altar with Title of Empress Augusta (Reverse)
138-161 CE
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Sestertius with Bust and Inscription Diva Augusta Faustina (Obverse) and Pietas Standing in Front of an Altar with Inscription [PIE]TAS AVG SC (Reverse)
138-161 CE
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Coin: Obverse: Heads of Augustus and Son Agrippa with Inscription: IMP(erator), Reverse: Ear of Barley with Inscription: COL(onia) NEM(ausis)
20 BCE
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Coin: Bar-Kokhba War (Obverse: Lyre and Inscription, Reverse: Garland with Stalk of Wheat)
ca. 132 CE
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Coin with Portrait of Marcus Aurelius and Greek Inscription (Obverse) and Bust of Serapis with Greek Inscription and Date (Reverse)
159-160 CE
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Coin of Jewish War (Obverse: Ceremonial Vessel from the Temple, Paleo-Hebrew Inscription Marking the Second Year of the Jewish War, Reverse: Vine Branch with Leaf, Paleo-Hebrew Inscription (Freedom of Zion))
67 CE
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Pyramidal Stamp Seal: on the Base, Old Man Leaning on Staff, in the Field, an Inscription
539-331 BCE
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Coin: Herod the Great (Obverse: Helmet with Star above and Two Palm Branches, Reverse: The Temple Tripod with Inscription)
40-4 BCE
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Ringstone with Winged Nike Leaning on a Column
ca. 1st Century BCE