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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2888592, member: 75937&quot;]I can&#039;t get enough of the Severan women! Fascinating history, to be sure. Here&#039;s an interesting one, issued by her son, Caracalla, after her death.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693689[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.10 g, 20mm</p><p>Rome, after AD 217</p><p>Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia seated left, holding olive branch and scepter</p><p>Refs: RIC 381; BMCRE 12; RSC 111; RCV 7103, Hill 1265; Temeryazev &amp; Makarenko 358.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way the figure of Julia Domna is stylized, i.e. enthroned and holding an olive branch and scepter, assimilates her to the great mother, Cybele, as do her remarkable titles on the reverse (&quot;Mother of the Emperors, Mother of the Senate, Mother of the Fatherland&quot;) -- the counterpart on earth of the mother of the gods.[1] This depiction and titulature emphasize the extraordinary political influence enjoyed by Julia Domna in the period following the death of her husband, Septimius Severus.[2]</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Mattingly, RIC IV, part 1, p. 89</p><p>2. Sear, RCV, p. 551</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you deem relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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