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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3271574, member: 99456&quot;]A nice looking coin [USER=71514]@Pishpash[/USER] I recognize it from my watchlist, not surprised and a little jealous that it got snapped up. As all have commented, nicely toned.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my final purchase for 2018 - it showed up today.&nbsp; A relative of your coin: sister-in-law to <b>Septimus Severus</b> i.e. older sister to <b>Julia Domna</b>.&nbsp; <b>Julia Maesa</b> was a somewhat ambitious grandmother.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862955[/ATTACH] She lived in her sister&#039;s shadow for a while, then came forward with a vengeance - first to unseat Macrinus and establish Elagabalus, her grandson by daughter Julia Soaemias with a strong family resemblance to Caracalla, as emperor.&nbsp; When she didn&#039;t have the control or influence that she hoped for, she arranged the assassinations of her daughter and grandson to establish another grandson, by younger daughter Julia Mamaea, as emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.2g, minted in Rome 220-222 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv</b>: JULIA MAESA AUG; draped bust of Julia Maesa to the right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: SAECULI FELICITAS; Felicitas standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of a patera over altar to left, holding long caduceus; star in right field</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure it sounds like a &quot;Saeculi Felicitas&quot; or &quot;<i>Age of Good Fortune</i>&quot; to me...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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