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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TTerrier, post: 2739091, member: 76835&quot;]Julia Domna is really piling it on here.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]624925[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Resizing the picture made it a bit blurry so I left the smaller version in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna (under Caracalla) </p><p>3.22g 19mm</p><p>IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG&nbsp; draped bust right</p><p>MAT AVGG MAT SEN&nbsp; M PATR&nbsp; Domna as Pax enthroned left holding olive branch and sceptre</p><p>RIC 381&nbsp; RSC III 111</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe Julia is claiming to be &quot;mother of the Augusti, mother of the senate and mother of the country (or fatherland)&quot;.&nbsp; Since Augusti is plural this suggests the coin was struck before Geta was killed by Caracalla, c.211-212 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Mother&#039;s Day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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