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JULIA SOAEMIAS Augusta 218-222 n.Chr. Sestertius under Elagabal 220-222 AD

JULIA SOAEMIAS Augusta 218-222 n.Chr. Sestertius under Elagabal 220-222 AD, Roman Imperial Coinage (Front side)     JULIA SOAEMIAS Augusta 218-222 n.Chr. Sestertius under Elagabal 220-222 AD, Roman Imperial Coinage (Back side)
 
Category: Roman Imperial Coinage
Coinage: JULIA SOAEMIAS Augusta 218-222 n.Chr. Sestertius under Elagabal 220-222 AD
Description: IULIA SOAEMIAS Augusta 218-222 AD. Sestertius (AE; 30-31mm; 19.36g; 6h) struck under Elagabal AD 220-222. IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG Draped bust of Iulia Soaemias with stephane to right. Rev. VENVS CAELESTIS / S – C Venus Caelestis, draped, standing front, head to left, holding apple up in right hand and sceptre, nearly vertical, in left; star, rather low, left in field. Ex Triton XVIII, New York 2015, 1174; ex NAC I, Zurich 1999, 2179. BMCRE V p. 596, 375; C. 11; RIC IV, 2 p. 60, 402.
Preservation: Very fine. Middle brown patina. Rare. Very good portrait. Big flan and nice centered. Rare
Weight: 19.36 gr.
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