The Most Powerful Woman Who Ever Lived: Box of Silver Roman Denarius of Julia Domna (One-Coin Wooden Box)

The Most Powerful Woman Who Ever Lived: Box of Silver Roman Denarius of Julia Domna (One-Coin Wooden Box)

***The real wielders of imperial might were the wives, sisters, and mothers of the emperors. Never was this more true than during the reign of Septimius Severus, when Julia Domna—his wife, his Augusta, and his primary advisor—working in a patriarchal system***

Julia Domna 193-211AD (Struck 197 AD) AR 15.8gm 2.89gm Denarius, Mint Laodicea, Scarce,

Obverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Julia Domna to right ,

Reverse: VESTAE SANCTAE, Vesta standing front, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long scepter in her left,

Ref: RIC 648, RSC 246.; Sear V 6614,

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