Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 175
RIC IV Elagabalus 175. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, laureate, standing left in slow quadriga, holding branch in right hand and eagle-…
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Institute of Ancient History and Classical Antiquities, University of Graz; GAMS Numis collection. Individual photographer not stated.
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 211
RIC IV Elagabalus 211. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Paula, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA PAVLA AVG. The reverse shows concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand; in field, star, with the…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 216
RIC IV Elagabalus 216. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Paula, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA PAVLA AVG. The reverse shows concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and double cornucopiae in…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 23
RIC IV Elagabalus 23. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows providentia, draped, standing left, leaning left elbow on column, crossing left leg over right leg, holding wand in righ…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 291
RIC IV Elagabalus 291. Denomination: As. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, togate, seated left on platform, holding sceptre; before him, Liberalitas, draped, standing left,…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 226
RIC IV Elagabalus 226. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Aquilia Severa, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG. The reverse shows concordia, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over light…
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 390
RIC IV Elagabalus 390. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Aquilia Severa, diademed, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG. The reverse shows concordia, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right han…
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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
ancient coins
Coin — Aureus of Elagabalus, Rome, 221 AD
221 AD
Coin in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.695-1910), made in Rome, dated 221 AD. The museum's brief description reads: Coin (aureus), gold, of the Emperor Elagabalus (reigned 218-222) / the Syrian sun god El-Gabal (Baal), Roman, 221 AD. Museum description: Gold coin. On the obverse: Inscription…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 323
RIC IV Elagabalus 323. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, sometimes horned, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 324
RIC IV Elagabalus 324. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, horned, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in ri…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 399
RIC IV Elagabalus 399. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Annia Faustina, diademed, hair drawn back, draped, right, with the legend ANNIA FAVSTINA AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, togate, and Annia Faustina, draped, standing right and left, facing each other, cla…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 49
RIC IV Elagabalus 49. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, horned, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted a…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
ancient coins
Denarius from the Roman Empire of Elagabalus, in the name of Julia Maesa, 222-223
222 - 223
Reverse: the goddess Pudicitia seated facing left, holding a sceptre in her left hand and drawing a veil over her face with her right hand. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0071C; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 334
RIC IV Elagabalus 334. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, horned, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 335
RIC IV Elagabalus 335. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over light…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Elagabalus 336
RIC IV Elagabalus 336. Denomination: As. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Elagabalus, horned, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lig…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 144
RIC IV Severus Alexander 144. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. The reverse shows jupiter, half-draped, seated left, holding Victory in right hand and spear in left hand,…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 156
RIC IV Severus Alexander 156. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right, with the legend IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. The reverse shows libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and cornucopiae in left ha…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Severus Alexander 222 n. Chr.), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC IV Severus Alexander 4
RIC IV Severus Alexander 4. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Severus Alexander, larueate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. The reverse shows jupiter, cloak behind and over right arm, standing left, holding thunderbolt in r…
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Universität Rostock, via nomisma.org
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RIC IV Severus Alexander 601
RIC IV Severus Alexander 601. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Severus Alexander, radiate, with aegis?, right, with the legend IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG?. The reverse shows severus Alexander, in military attire, extending right hand and holding sceptre in left…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 618
RIC IV Severus Alexander 618. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right, with the legend IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and…
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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 627
RIC IV Severus Alexander 627. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right, with the legend IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG. The reverse shows severus Alexander, in military attire, standing left, holding globe in ri…
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KENOM (Kooperative Erschließung und Nutzung der Objektdaten von Münzsammlungen)
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 668
RIC IV Severus Alexander 668. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows fecunditas, draped, standing left, holding cornucopiae in right hand and extending left hand to ch…
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University of Virginia
ancient coins
RIC IV Severus Alexander 679
RIC IV Severus Alexander 679. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Severus Alexander. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, seated left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with…
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