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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 5234741, member: 98035&quot;]Julia (The Elder) the daughter of Augustus / second wife of Tiberius was</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Dead by the time Tiberius took power</p><p>2) Despised by Tiberius and publicly disgraced for her sexual scandals</p><p>3) Not the mother of Drusus, Tiberius&#039; presumptive heir when these coins were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>IIRC, she only appears on three coins - Two rare early denarii of Augustus from around the time Gaius and Lucius were born, and one provincial from Pergamum in Mysia (with Livia)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217304[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the &quot;Pietas&quot; dupondius is somewhat contended - as it was issued by Drusus, it has been suggested that it could portray Livia, Livilla (his wife, who conspired to have him killed), or perhaps Vipsania, his biological mother. Or maybe sometimes Pietas is just Pietas. [ATTACH=full]1217306[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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