bpv_295799 - JULIA MAMAEA Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Julia Mamée. Joli buste inhabituel au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Julia Mamée à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse legend : IOU MAMAIA SEB - MHTE SE K STR
Obverse translation : (Julia Mamée augusta, mère de l’auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L.
Reverse description : Buste de Sérapis, coiffé du modius, vêtu de l’himation ; une palme devant.
Reverse legend : IA
Reverse translation : (an 11).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
JULIA MAMAEA
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Daughter of Julia Maesa, mother of Severus Alexander - Augusta
Julia Mamée is the daughter of Julia Maésa and the sister of Julia Soémias. She belongs to this great line of Syrian empresses immortalized by Jean Babelon. Julia Mamée is the granddaughter of the priest of the cult of the Black Stone of Emesa, of which Elagabalus is the best known representative. Like her aunt Domna, her mother or her sister, Julia Mamée is an intriguer. However, she marries a small procurator of Syrian origin but will do everything to promote the promotion of her offspring. She will first intrigue to overthrow her nephew Elagabalus in order to promote the elevation of her son. Throughout the reign of Alexander Severus, she will be omnipresent and hold the reins of power. She maintains a circle of philosophers, including Origen, and Christian sympathy is attributed to her. She is murdered with her son.
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