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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4528756, member: 110226"]This is a coin that occurs quite frequently in nice condition. While going through the collection, in a semi-feudal effort to organize it, I came across this example of her sestertius, an example that I find appealing for its patina and lovely portrait of the mother of Emperor Severus Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.britannica.com/s:300x300/84/10584-004-A47BEEF6/Julia-Mamaea-marble-bust-Museo-Nazionale-Romano.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Mamaea (180-235 AD) was originally from Syria. She and her mother served as regents of the Severan Dynasty when her son, Severus Alexander (208-235 AD), at age 14, was elevated to Emperor, following the murder of Elagabalus in 222 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her tenure as regent was characterized as one of dominance over her son, and, with the help of 16 other senators and another Syrian, the famous lawyer, Ulpian, she was able to reverse Elagabalus' controversial policies that scandalized Rome, including his elevation of the deity Elagabalus, replacing Jupiter as the head of the Roman Pantheon.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Note: Caligula did many of the same things, nearly two centuries earlier. If anything, he was more repressive and bloody, but then he had a few bolts loose, to say the least).</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, Julia Mamaea and her son fell out favor with the Praetorian Guard, which wheeled the greatest power in Rome during the third century AD and beyond, the emperors mere puppets, basically doing their bidding. Both mother and son were murdered by Maximinus Thrax in 235, while both were in Germany leading campaign against local tribes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire AD 222-235</p><p>Æ Sestertius</p><p>Rome</p><p>Julia Mamaea (mother of S. Alexander)</p><p>Obv. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev. VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre, child standing right before her.</p><p>RIC 704 (Alexander).</p><p>VF with nice brown and tan patina</p><p>Scarce</p><p>Ex Roma E-Sale 53, lot 830</p><p>19.49g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121724[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4528756, member: 110226"]This is a coin that occurs quite frequently in nice condition. While going through the collection, in a semi-feudal effort to organize it, I came across this example of her sestertius, an example that I find appealing for its patina and lovely portrait of the mother of Emperor Severus Alexander. [IMG]https://cdn.britannica.com/s:300x300/84/10584-004-A47BEEF6/Julia-Mamaea-marble-bust-Museo-Nazionale-Romano.jpg[/IMG] Julia Mamaea (180-235 AD) was originally from Syria. She and her mother served as regents of the Severan Dynasty when her son, Severus Alexander (208-235 AD), at age 14, was elevated to Emperor, following the murder of Elagabalus in 222 AD. Her tenure as regent was characterized as one of dominance over her son, and, with the help of 16 other senators and another Syrian, the famous lawyer, Ulpian, she was able to reverse Elagabalus' controversial policies that scandalized Rome, including his elevation of the deity Elagabalus, replacing Jupiter as the head of the Roman Pantheon. (Note: Caligula did many of the same things, nearly two centuries earlier. If anything, he was more repressive and bloody, but then he had a few bolts loose, to say the least). Eventually, Julia Mamaea and her son fell out favor with the Praetorian Guard, which wheeled the greatest power in Rome during the third century AD and beyond, the emperors mere puppets, basically doing their bidding. Both mother and son were murdered by Maximinus Thrax in 235, while both were in Germany leading campaign against local tribes. Roman Empire AD 222-235 Æ Sestertius Rome Julia Mamaea (mother of S. Alexander) Obv. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right. Rev. VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre, child standing right before her. RIC 704 (Alexander). VF with nice brown and tan patina Scarce Ex Roma E-Sale 53, lot 830 19.49g [ATTACH=full]1121724[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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