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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus, AD 218-222. AR Denarius.
Obverse: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, Her draped bust right.
Reverse: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left holding sceptre and offering apple to child before her.
Reference: RIC 243; Sear 2171. Grade: chEF.
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.