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Julia Domna (AD 193-217). AV aureus (20mm, 7.19 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Rome, AD 194. IVLIA DO-MNA•AVG, draped bust of Julia Domna right, seen from front, hair waved and bound in large crosshatch chignon at the back / VENERI•VICTR, Venus Callipyge, seen half from behind, nude to hips, palm cradled in left arm, apple upward in right hand, leaning left elbow on a low column to left. RIC IV.I (Septimius Severus) 536. Calicó 2641. Well struck and centered on shimmering flan.
Julia Domna was of Syrian-Arab ancestry - 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. Her profile graces the obverse, while the reverse image of Venus recalls an issue of Titus struck a century earlier.
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Julia Domna (AD 193-217). AV aureus (20mm, 7.19 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Rome, AD 194. IVLIA DO-MNA•AVG, draped bust of Julia Domna right, seen from front, hair waved and bound in large crosshatch chignon at the back / VENERI•VICTR, Venus Callipyge, seen half from behind, nude to hips, palm cradled in left arm, apple upward in right hand, leaning left elbow on a low column to left. RIC IV.I (Septimius Severus) 536. Calicó 2641. Well struck and centered on shimmering flan.
Julia Domna was of Syrian-Arab ancestry - 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. Her profile graces the obverse, while the reverse image of Venus recalls an issue of Titus struck a century earlier.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 4000-5000 USD