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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3404894, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a lovely coin, [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] , and that Victoria reverse is astonishingly well-rendered! Neat idea for a thread, too. Here&#039;s my contribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know this is the first issue of Julia Soaemias. It can be dated to AD 218 because the corresponding aureus (BMCRE 39) predates Elagabalus&#039; return later that year to the reduced aureus standard of Caracalla. [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER] <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1830447" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1830447" rel="nofollow">postulates</a> that the mint apparently erroneously thought that Soaemias rather than Julia Maesa (Elagabalus&#039; grandmother) was the predominant lady in Elagabalus&#039; family, for there was no corresponding early issue of coins at Rome for Maesa.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/soaemias-ivno-reginae-denarius-jpg.759815/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Soaemias, Mother of Elagabalus, AD 218-222.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 2.65 g, 18.6 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 218.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: IVNO REGINA, Juno, veiled, standing right, holding scepter and Palladium.</p><p>Refs: RIC 237; BMCRE 41-43; Cohen 3; RCV 7718; CRE 464.</p><p>Notes: Only 7 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that Julia Soaemias here looks more like another Severan woman of her generation, Plautilla, who had been married to her first cousin, Caracalla. She looks much more matronly on later portraits:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904202[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Soaemias, Augusta AD 218-222.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.02 g, 19.2 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 320-322.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus diademed and standing l., holding apple and scepter; in right field a star.</p><p>Refs: RIC 341; BMCRE 49; RCV 7719 var.; Cohen 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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