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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4607857, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], an excellent post, thank you for changing the lens with which I see these coins and the associated empress. Your note prompted me to pull up and read this article from Clare Rowan on the subject of Severan women which adds to the picture of Venus Caelestis and Julia Soaemias:</p><p><br /></p><p>Rowan, C. (2011). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/41725307" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/41725307" rel="nofollow">The Public Image of the Severan Women</a>. <i>Papers of the British School at Rome,</i> <i>79</i>, 241-273.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will share two quotes to show the connection, although this doesn't do justice to the article:</p><ul> <li><font size="4">"VENVS CAELESTIS is not seen before or after Elagabalus's reign on imperial coinage, and one must then conclude that it likely had some connection with the Emesene cult that rose to prominence during these years. If so, Soaemias was connected very publicly with the cultic activities of Elagabalus, an idea that is confirmed when one examines the coinage of Soaemias's mother, Julia Maesa."</font></li> <li><font size="4">"Whether through official intention, or through a more organic knowledge of the activities and characters of these women, or for some other reason, Mamaea and her daughter present radically different public images, and one must imagine that this was a contributing factor in Soaemias's death and Maesa's survival."</font></li> </ul><p><font size="4">I don't have a VENVS CAELESTIS, so I will share this seated Venus in appreciation of your post:</font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1141284[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Julia Domna</b>, mother of Caracalla, died 217 AD. AR Antoninianus, struck in Roma 211-217 AD</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Draped bust right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left, extending hand and holding sceptre</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref:</b> RIC IV 388c (Caracalla) (c) obv. without diadem or crescent</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4607857, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], an excellent post, thank you for changing the lens with which I see these coins and the associated empress. Your note prompted me to pull up and read this article from Clare Rowan on the subject of Severan women which adds to the picture of Venus Caelestis and Julia Soaemias: Rowan, C. (2011). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/41725307']The Public Image of the Severan Women[/URL]. [I]Papers of the British School at Rome,[/I] [I]79[/I], 241-273. I will share two quotes to show the connection, although this doesn't do justice to the article: [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]"VENVS CAELESTIS is not seen before or after Elagabalus's reign on imperial coinage, and one must then conclude that it likely had some connection with the Emesene cult that rose to prominence during these years. If so, Soaemias was connected very publicly with the cultic activities of Elagabalus, an idea that is confirmed when one examines the coinage of Soaemias's mother, Julia Maesa."[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]"Whether through official intention, or through a more organic knowledge of the activities and characters of these women, or for some other reason, Mamaea and her daughter present radically different public images, and one must imagine that this was a contributing factor in Soaemias's death and Maesa's survival."[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=4]I don't have a VENVS CAELESTIS, so I will share this seated Venus in appreciation of your post: [ATTACH=full]1141284[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Domna[/B], mother of Caracalla, died 217 AD. AR Antoninianus, struck in Roma 211-217 AD [B]Obv:[/B] IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Draped bust right [B]Rev:[/B] VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left, extending hand and holding sceptre [B]Ref:[/B] RIC IV 388c (Caracalla) (c) obv. without diadem or crescent[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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