brm_360916 - JULIA DOMNA Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 199
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 18,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Julia Domna. Frappe molle et faible au revers. Patine marron foncé
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Paul-Francis Jacquier
Obverse
Obverse legend : IVLIA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Julia Domna à droite, la chevelure en tresses ramenées derrière la tête (L).
Obverse translation : "Iulia Augusta" (Julia augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENVS - FELIX/ S|C.
Reverse description : Vénus debout de face regardant à gauche, tenant une pomme de la main droite et ramenant sa robe sur son épaule.
Reverse translation : "Venus Felix", (Vénus Heureuse).
Commentary
Coiffure élaborée.
Historical background
JULIA DOMNA
(+217)
Augusta
Julia Domna is from Emesa in Syria and daughter of the High Priest of Baal of Emesa. Septimius Severus married her around 180. She gave him two sons, Caracalla, born in Lyon in 188, and Géta, born in 189. She was proclaimed Augusta in 194, accompanied the Emperor on his travels and therefore received the title of " Mother of the camps". During the Brittany expedition, she was regent in Rome. After the death of Septimius Severus, she received new honors, Mother of the Senate and Mother of the Country, as well as the titles of Pia Felix (pious and happy). In 212, Geta was assassinated by his brother in the arms of Domna. During Caracalla's Germanic and Parthian expeditions, Domna remained in Rome. After the death of her son, she is exiled by Macrinus and dies soon after..
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