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LOT 3138
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Rome mint; struck AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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