Co 464 (Middle Roman sestertius of Julia Mamaea from Rome) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

235

Not before (date)

222

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC IV.2 Rome 708, p. 127, pl. IX:12

Preservation comment

Wear: F/VG. Small segments of obverse upper left and lower right edge snapped off, and remainder sparsely chipped, with one deep contiguous crack; extensive, slight pitting and scratching and fissuring. Extensive, thin film of pale blue to pale green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, pp. 30, 85, no. 305, pl. I (R. Hohlfelder identified as mint “Uncertain“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

Sestertius

Numismatic Authority

Julia Mamaea (consort, 222-235)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

29.0

Numismatic Mint

Rome

Numismatic Weight (g)

15.02

Obverse Description

Diademed and draped bust of empress to right; within thin wreath

Obverse Inscription

IVLIA MAMAEA – AVGVSTA

Reverse Description

Vesta veiled standing to left holding palladium and scepterl within wreath

Reverse Inscription

[V]ES–T[A]; in left and right fields, S – C

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph