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Contributor: Mark Reid.
Issuer: JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus, AD 218-222. AR Denarius.
Obverse: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG.,Draped bust right.
Reverse: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre.
Reference: RIC 241; Sear 2170. Grade: XF/VF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Elagabalus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Julia Soaemias see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.