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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4908551, member: 99456&quot;]When I saw the title of this thread I thought there might be an Egyptian connection.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a nice overview of the <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/the-four-roman-julias-4024464" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thoughtco.com/the-four-roman-julias-4024464" rel="nofollow">4 Roman Julias: Powerful Women of Imperial Rome</a>.</p><p>I will add a coin of the &quot;Mummy&#039;s Boy&quot; or &quot;Mamaea&#039;s Boy&quot;, Severus Alexander, that I am fairly sure is Rome mint - and hope that [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER] or others will correct me if I have it wrong.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always had difficulty passing up a Salus reverse, and even more so this year.&nbsp; I particularly like the youthful portrait from his first year - the youngest emperor, until Gordian III in AD 238 - I also like the bold snake on this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184447[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander</b>, AR denarius, 222-235 AD, Rome or Antioch (?), 222 AD</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> P M TR P - COS P P, Salus seated left holding patera to snake rising from altar, left elbow on arm rest</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.14c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.14c" rel="nofollow">14c</a> (style difference?) RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.298" rel="nofollow">298 (Severus Alexander)</a> (different legend)</p><p><br /></p><p>A few pages of Herodian are interesting to read, describing the plans of Julia Maesa to keep her offspring in control of Rome as Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) became increasingly unacceptable.&nbsp; He also describes how Alexianus became Alexander, and the control exerted by Maesa and Mamaea over the young emperor:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">&quot;...the emperor was dominated by his mother and obeyed her every command. One might bring this single charge against Alexander, that his excessive amiability and abnormal filial devotion led him to bow to his mother in matters he personally disapproved.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="4">-Herodian, <i>History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius,</i> <a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-6.1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-6.1/" rel="nofollow">6.1.10</a></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin of the power behind the emperor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184467[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Mamaea, Issued by Severus Alexander, 222 - 235 AD, AR Denarius, Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>Obv: </b>IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, Bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas, draped, seated left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.338" rel="nofollow">RIC IV Severus Alexander 338</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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