Roman Silver Denarius of Julia Mamaea (about 1,790 years ago)

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This is a silver coin featuring Julia Mamaea, a powerful empress mother who effectively ruled Rome as regent for her young son during the Severan dynasty's final years.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Julia Mamaea
Back side: Likely depicts Roman goddesses or personifications associated with the empress

Technical Details:

Silver denarius
Certified by NGC
Minted before 235 CE

Historical Significance: Julia Mamaea was the mother of emperor Alexander Severus and served as regent of Rome during his minority, continuing to wield some power when he reached adulthood. Her son lost the support of the army and whilst on campaign against the Germans, alienated the Rhine legions, who proclaimed one of their commanders, Maximinus Thrax, as emperor in 235 CE. Troops sent to kill Alexander found him clinging to his mother in a tent; mother and son were butchered together, ending the Severan dynasty. This coin represents one of the most powerful women in Roman history, whose influence shaped the final years of an important imperial dynasty.

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This is a silver coin featuring Julia Mamaea, a powerful empress mother who effectively ruled Rome as regent for her young son during the Severan dynasty's final years.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Julia Mamaea
Back side: Likely depicts Roman goddesses or personifications associated with the empress

Technical Details:

Silver denarius
Certified by NGC
Minted before 235 CE

This is a silver coin featuring Julia Mamaea, a powerful empress mother who effectively ruled Rome as regent for her young son during the Severan dynasty's final years.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Julia Mamaea
Back side: Likely depicts Roman goddesses or personifications associated with the empress

Technical Details:

Silver denarius
Certified by NGC
Minted before 235 CE

Julia Avita Mamaea or Julia Mamaea (14 or 29 August around 182^[1] – March 21/22 235) was a Syrian noble woman and member of the Severan dynasty. She was the mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus and remained one of his chief advisors throughout his reign. She was killed in 235 by rebel soldiers alongside her son.

Julia Avita Mamaea was the second daughter of Julia Maesa, a powerful Roman woman of Syrian origin, and Syrian noble Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus. She was a niece of empress Julia Domna, emperor Lucius Septimius Severus, and sister of Julia Soaemias Bassiana. She was born and raised in Emesa (modern Homs, Syria), where her family was very powerful.

Julia's first husband was an unknown former consul who died. Her only undisputed child, Severus Alexander, whom she gave birth to on October 1, 208 in Arca Caesarea, may have been from this marriage instead of her second as Dio claimed.^[2] She then married her second husband, a Syrian promagistrate named Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus from Arca Caesarea (Arqa in Lebanon). She may have had a son named Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus^[3] and a daughter named Theoclia with him.