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Julia Domna (Augusta, AD 193-217). AR denarius (3.64 gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. Rome, under Severus, AD 207-211. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Domna right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons. RIC (Severus) 549. RSC 35. Rare!
Julia Domna was of Syrian-Arab ancestry, as the daughter of the hereditary high priest of Elagabal at Emesa, a wealthy caravan city in the Syrian desert. Beautiful, cultured and highly educated, she was made even more of a "prize" by a horoscope that proclaimed she would marry a king. Septimius Severus probably encountered her family while serving as a general in Syria in the AD 180s; when he learned of the horoscope, he immediately wrote to her father and secured her hand in marriage. Upon Severus' ascension as Roman Emperor in AD 193, Julia was named Augusta and became his closest advisor and confidant. Her love of art, learning and philosophy manifested in a cultural Renaissance in Rome.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 250-350 USD
Julia Domna (Augusta, AD 193-217). AR denarius (3.64 gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. Rome, under Severus, AD 207-211. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Domna right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons. RIC (Severus) 549. RSC 35. Rare!
Julia Domna was of Syrian-Arab ancestry, as the daughter of the hereditary high priest of Elagabal at Emesa, a wealthy caravan city in the Syrian desert. Beautiful, cultured and highly educated, she was made even more of a "prize" by a horoscope that proclaimed she would marry a king. Septimius Severus probably encountered her family while serving as a general in Syria in the AD 180s; when he learned of the horoscope, he immediately wrote to her father and secured her hand in marriage. Upon Severus' ascension as Roman Emperor in AD 193, Julia was named Augusta and became his closest advisor and confidant. Her love of art, learning and philosophy manifested in a cultural Renaissance in Rome.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 250-350 USD