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Description: | 232AD. Julia Mamaea, mother of Septimus Severus Alexander 222-235AD sestertius. Length 30.8mm, Width 29.1mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Diameter 30.8mm, Weight 17.8g. Obverse: draped bust of Julia Mamaea right. Inscription: (IVL)IA MAMAEA AVGV(S)TA. Reverse: Fecunditas (fertility) standing left, right hand over child, standing right at her feet and holding cornucopiae in left hand with 'SC' either side. Inscription: (FE)VNDITAS AVGVSTAE. Minted in Rome. Die axis: 350 deg. or almost 12 0'clock. Little wear, attractive dark brown patina with small 'rusty' like surface corrosion deposits with two 'striking' cracks round the flan but only going as far as the legend. Ref. coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 56, Roman Coins and their Values II, David R. Sear, Spink 2002, page 680 No. 8226 and Roman Imperial Coinage Vol. IV No. 668.
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