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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4475777, member: 85693&quot;]Great coins and great moms too.&nbsp; Not so sure she was the best of moms, but she sure was ambitious for her boy: Julia Soeemias, mother of Elagabalus.&nbsp; Things didn&#039;t end so well for them:&nbsp; hooks through the throats, dragged through the streets, chucked into the Tiber. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my first coin of this lady and it is way nicer than the usual material I bottom-feed on.&nbsp; Maternally, it even features a small child. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112813[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Soaemias&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)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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