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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4004121, member: 85693"]Could they be limes issues? They look a bit dark. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a dark Julia Mamaea that I am pretty sure is a "limes" issue - it appears to have been plated (so maybe fourree?). Julia's face has been gouged too (damnatio memoriae?):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Mamaea Æ Denarius</b></p><p><b>(Mother of Severus Alex.)</b></p><p><b>(222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed & draped bust right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing, holding caduceus, arm on column.</p><p>RIC 335; RSC 17; BMC 483</p><p>(2.44 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Possible <i>Damnatio Memoriae, </i>Julia Mamaea<i>, </i>after she was murdered with her son Severus Alexander, was blamed for bad management, greed, meddling,</p><p>etc. Therefore, according to Livius.org "The Senate pronounced a damnatio</p><p>memoriae over Mamaea."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4004121, member: 85693"]Could they be limes issues? They look a bit dark. I have a dark Julia Mamaea that I am pretty sure is a "limes" issue - it appears to have been plated (so maybe fourree?). Julia's face has been gouged too (damnatio memoriae?): [ATTACH=full]1054220[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Mamaea Æ Denarius (Mother of Severus Alex.) (222-235 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed & draped bust right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing, holding caduceus, arm on column. RIC 335; RSC 17; BMC 483 (2.44 grams / 19 mm) Note: Possible [I]Damnatio Memoriae, [/I]Julia Mamaea[I], [/I]after she was murdered with her son Severus Alexander, was blamed for bad management, greed, meddling, etc. Therefore, according to Livius.org "The Senate pronounced a damnatio memoriae over Mamaea."[/QUOTE]
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