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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3627121, member: 80783&quot;]Great collection of Sestertii !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of her sister with VENVS CAELESTIS:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]972764[/ATTACH]</p><p>[IVLIA] SOAEMIAS AVG - Diademed and draped bust of Julia Soaemias right, her hair waved and knotted in queue and small bun at back.</p><p>[V]ENVS CAELESTIS S C - Venus seated left, holding apple in extended right hand and resting on sceptre held in left, child standing right at her feet.</p><p>Sestertius, Rome AD 220</p><p>30,20 mm / 17,78 gr</p><p>RIC 406; BMCRE 378; Cohen 18; Thirion (<i>Le Monnayage d&#039;Elagabale</i>) 391; Banti (<i>I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali</i>) p. 57, 5 — citing 30 specimens; Sear (<i>Roman Coins &amp; Their Values II</i>) 7725.</p><p><i>&quot;VF with excellent portrait, edge hammered in antiquity resulting in flattening behind and before the empress’s effigy&quot; </i>(David Sear)[/QUOTE][/QUOTE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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