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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7437361, member: 85693&quot;]My only Julia Soaemias:&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290681[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Soaemias&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding apple and scepter; at her feet, child standing right.</p><p>RIC 243; BMC 55-60; RSC 14.</p><p>(3.53 grams / 19 x 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...the coin’s reverse depicts Venus Caelestis, the Roman equivalent of Carthaginian goddess Dea Caelesis, who was wedded to Elagabal (courtesy of Elagabalus) as part of a parallel ritual wherein the young Augustus married the noblewoman Annia Faustina. This ceremony intended – and failed - to ameliorate the chaotic imperial situation.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.collectors-society.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectors-society.com" rel="nofollow">www.collectors-society.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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