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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1791562, member: 44132&quot;]A couple of weeks ago I was able to procure this very nice Julia Mamaea Denarius at a very reasonable price.&nbsp; It arrived over the weekend and I am very pleased with it.&nbsp; As always, it looks much better in hand.&nbsp; I have tried experimenting with my photo techniques, but this is the best I can get on this particular coin.&nbsp; The reverse is better detailed than the images show, and the dark area around Vesta is not neared as pronounced.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed &amp; draped bust right</p><p>REV:&nbsp; VESTA, Vesta standing half-left, holding palladium &amp; scepter</p><p>Struck at Rome, 225-8 AD</p><p>2.5g, 20mm</p><p>RIC 360</p><p>[ATTACH=full]289233[/ATTACH]</p><p>This coin was minted in the name of Julia Mamaea, mother of the emperor Severus Alexander. She exerted strong influence over Alexander, even going so far as to select a wife for him, then banish her when she felt the young wife was gaining too much influence over him. She was murdered along with Alexander at their camp near Mainz in 235 AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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