Live auction - brm_599524 - JULIA MAMAEA Denier
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 310 € |
| Maximum bid : | 404 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 July 2020 15:13:40 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire, bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers de haut-relief. La monnaie a conservé son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Julia Mamée diadémée et drapé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : “Iulia Mamæa Augusta”, (Julia Mamée augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENVS V-I-CTRIX.
Reverse description : Vénus debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant de la main droite un casque et de la main gauche un sceptre ; à ses pieds, à gauche, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Venus Victrix”, (Vénus victorieuse).
Historical background
JULIA MAMAEA
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Daughter of Julia Maesa, mother of Severus Alexander - Augusta
Julia Mamée is the daughter of Julia Maésa and the sister of Julia Soémias. She belongs to this great line of Syrian empresses immortalized by Jean Babelon. Julia Mamée is the granddaughter of the priest of the cult of the Black Stone of Emesa, of which Elagabalus is the best known representative. Like her aunt Domna, her mother or her sister, Julia Mamée is an intriguer. However, she marries a small procurator of Syrian origin but will do everything to promote the promotion of her offspring. She will first intrigue to overthrow her nephew Elagabalus in order to promote the elevation of her son. Throughout the reign of Alexander Severus, she will be omnipresent and hold the reins of power. She maintains a circle of philosophers, including Origen, and Christian sympathy is attributed to her. She is murdered with her son.
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