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Cornelia Supera (wife of Aemilian) Æ22 of Parium, Mysia. AD 253. G CORN [SVPERA AVG], draped bust right, wearing stephane / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; C G H I P above. RPC IX 384; cf. SNG France 1518 (for same obv. die). 5.96g, 22mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Rough dark green patina. Very Rare.
Empress of Rome for the three months that her husband Aemilian was emperor, nothing is known of the life of Gaia Cornelia Supera. Her name and monuments were condemned after Valerian was hailed as emperor in October of AD 253 and declared a damnatio memoriae on his predecessor, leaving the limited numismatic evidence as her only surviving epitaph.
Good Fine. Rough dark green patina. Very Rare.
Empress of Rome for the three months that her husband Aemilian was emperor, nothing is known of the life of Gaia Cornelia Supera. Her name and monuments were condemned after Valerian was hailed as emperor in October of AD 253 and declared a damnatio memoriae on his predecessor, leaving the limited numismatic evidence as her only surviving epitaph.