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RIC IV Elagabalus 400

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RIC IV Elagabalus 400, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 218–222 AD. Obverse: bust of julia soaemias, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right. Reverse: cybele, towered, draped, seated left in a throne between two lions, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left arm on drum set on left knee. Weight about 22.0 g, diameter 31.8 mm.
obverse RIC IV Elagabalus 400
obverse: Bust of Julia Soaemias, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Elagabalus 400
reverse: Cybele, towered, draped, seated left in a throne between two lions, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left arm on drum set on left knee
mint Rome weight 21.98g (4)
ruler Elagabalus diameter ⌀31.8 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Julia Soaemias, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right

IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA
reverse

Cybele, towered, draped, seated left in a throne between two lions, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left arm on drum set on left knee

MATER DEVM S C
specimens (6)
British Museum 18.31g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
American Numismatic Society 22.25g ⌀31.5 2↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 23.77g ⌀32.0
British Museum 23.60g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Elagabalus 400 (ric.4.el.400), 218–222 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-elagabalus-400/ (accessed: 2026-10-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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