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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Julia Soaemias, Mother of Elagabalus. . Denarius, 2.91 (6h). Rome, 218 AD. Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA Bust draped right. Rx: IVNO REGINA Juno, veiled, standing right holding scepter and Palladium. BM 41. Cohen 3 (3 Fr.). RIC 237. Scarce, only 7 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Exceptionally beautiful portrait of Julia Soaemias, lightly toned flan with orange iridescence. Virtually Mint State
Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Interesting first issue of Soaemias, datable to 218 because the corresponding aureus (BM 39, 7.24g) predates Elagabalus' return in that year to the reduced aureus standard of Caracalla. The mint apparently erroneously thought that Soaemias rather than Julia Maesa was the predominant lady in Elagabalus' family, for there was no corresponding early issue of coins at Rome for Maesa! (unpublished research by C. Clay)
Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Interesting first issue of Soaemias, datable to 218 because the corresponding aureus (BM 39, 7.24g) predates Elagabalus' return in that year to the reduced aureus standard of Caracalla. The mint apparently erroneously thought that Soaemias rather than Julia Maesa was the predominant lady in Elagabalus' family, for there was no corresponding early issue of coins at Rome for Maesa! (unpublished research by C. Clay)