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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6157477, member: 85693&quot;]When is a test cut a damnatio memoriae?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Julia Mamaea, who was officially &quot;damned&quot; after her assassination with son Severus Alexander.&nbsp; This appears to be a &quot;limes&quot; denarius, so perhaps it got whacked to prove it was made of poor metal?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245397[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sort of a Batman&#039;s Joker effect - Heath Ledger version:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245398[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Julia Mamaea&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 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 &amp; 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>Possible <i>Damnatio Memoriae - </i>Julia Mamaea, after she was murdered with her son Severus Alexander, was blamed for bad management, greed, meddling, etc.&nbsp; Therefore, according to Livius.org &quot;The Senate pronounced a damnatio memoriae over Mamaea.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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