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Cornelia Supera. Augusta, AD 253. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 3.41 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aemilian. C CORNEL S VPERA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 30 (Aemilian); RSC 5; Hunter 1. Toned, holed. Near VF. Rare.
From the S & S Collection.
The mysterious Gaia Cornelia Supera is unknown to history apart from her coinage, which is extremely rare in the Roman series and somewhat less so in provincial coinage. Scholars now generally accept that she was the wife of the usurper Aemilian, who ruled in Rome for a few months between April and October AD 253.
From the S & S Collection.
The mysterious Gaia Cornelia Supera is unknown to history apart from her coinage, which is extremely rare in the Roman series and somewhat less so in provincial coinage. Scholars now generally accept that she was the wife of the usurper Aemilian, who ruled in Rome for a few months between April and October AD 253.