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HILARITAS

Hilaritas is the personnification of cheerfulness, rejoicing and mirth. She is usually seen holding Cornucopiae and a long palm. Hilaritas is often seen with two children and sometimes one child at her feet in celebration of the birth of a child in the imperial household.

The coin illustrated on this page is a denarius of Julia Domna issued at an Eastern mint. The coin is somewhat crudely struck but clearly shows the attributes of Hilaritas, long palm and cornucopiae.

Another image of Hilaritas can be seen on the reverse of a Radiate in the author's collection struck under Tetricus I.


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