BARBAROUS ISSUES. Julia Domna (AD 193-217). AR denarius (18mm, 2.57 gm, 5h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5....
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BARBAROUS ISSUES. Julia Domna (AD 193-217). AR denarius (18mm, 2.57 gm, 5h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. Ancient imitation of Rome, ca. AD 211-217. IVLIA PIA-FELIX AVG, draped bust of Julia Domna right, seen from front, wearing helmet-like wig of plaits with large chignon at back of head, a single lock of her own hair across cheek / VES-T-A, Vesta seated left, simpulum in outstretched right hand, transverse scepter cradled in left arm. Cf. RIC IV.I (Caracalla) 391 for prototype. From the Dr. Charles Jay Deur Collection, for the charitable benefit of Calvin University and Peace Lutheran Church of Hurst. Ex Pegasi Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included. Julia Domna was of Syrian-Arab ancestry, as the daughter of the hereditary high priest of Elagabal at Emesa, a wealthy caravan city in the Syrian desert. Beautiful, cultured, and highly educated, she was made even more of a "prize" by a horoscope that proclaimed she would marry a king. Septimius Severus probably encountered her family while serving as a general in Syria in the AD 180s; when he learned of the horoscope, he immediately wrote to her father and secured her hand in marriage. Upon Severus' ascension as Roman Emperor in AD 193, Julia was named Augusta and became his closest advisor and confidant. Her love of art, learning and philosophy manifested in a cultural Renaissance in Rome. In AD 217, Caracalla was assassinated. Julia Domna, who was already suffering from breast cancer, died by self-starvation. HID07901242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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