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RIC IV Elagabalus 406

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RIC IV Elagabalus 406, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 218–222 AD. Obverse: bust of julia soaemias, diademed, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right. Reverse: venus, draped, seated left, holding apple in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, child. Weight about 21.2 g, diameter 30.2 mm.
obverse RIC IV Elagabalus 406
obverse: Bust of Julia Soaemias, diademed, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Elagabalus 406
reverse: Venus, draped, seated left, holding apple in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, child
mint Rome weight 21.19g (11)
ruler Elagabalus diameter ⌀30.2 (6)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (10)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

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

IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG
reverse

Venus, draped, seated left, holding apple in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, child

VENVS CAELESTIS S C
specimens (12)
British Museum 22.07g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
KENOM 18.08g ⌀27.7 1↕
British Museum 20.35g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 18.69g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 21.34g ⌀32.0
British Museum 18.34g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 19.43g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Elagabalus 406 (ric.4.el.406), 218–222 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-elagabalus-406/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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