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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Severan Period| ▸ |Julia Maesa||View Options:  |  |  |   

Julia Maesa, Augusta, 8 June 218 - 224 or 225 A.D., Grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander

Julia Maesa was the sister of Julia Domna and grandmother of both Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. After her nephew Caracalla was murdered, Julia Maesa used her ample funds to successfully overthrow the usurper Macrinus and place her grandson Elagabalus on the throne. The teenager was a disaster as emperor, scorning Roman values with religious and sexual scandals. She cleverly convinced Elagabalus to adopt her other grandson Alexander as his heir. Shortly after Elagabalus and his mother were murdered by the Praetorian Guard, dragged through the streets and thrown into the Tiber. Through it all, Maesa held the power behind the throne.

|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others. For Roman wives, piety often meant accepting neglect. It was not considered adultery for a Roman husband to have sex with slaves or unmarried women. The historian Spartianus wrote that after Lucilla complained, Lucius Verus reproached her: "Uxor enim dignitatis nomen est, non voluptatis" (Wife is the name of dignity, not bliss).
RS33821. Silver antoninianus, RSC III 30; RIC IV 264; BMCRE p. 540, 70; Hunter III 6; SRCV II 7747, aEF, attractive style, nice portrait, excellent reverse detail, well centered, slightly frosty surfaces, weight 4.858 g, maximum diameter 24.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 218 - 219; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair slightly waved, looped plait at back of neck, crescent behind shoulders; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), Pietas standing half-left, veiled, dropping incense from right hand over lit and garlanded altar at feet, incense box in left hand; scarce; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Juno was the protector and special counselor of the state. She was a daughter of Saturn, and sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. Her Greek equivalent is Hera.
RS33595. Silver denarius, RIC IV 254, RSC III 16, BMCRE V 67, Hunter III 4, SRCV II 7750, Choice EF, weight 3.544 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 218 - 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves, looped plait at back; reverse IVNO, Juno standing slightly left, veiled head left, patera in extended right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; SOLD


Julia Maesa, Augusta 8 June 218 - 224 or 225 A.D., Tyre, Phoenicia

|Roman| |Phoenicia|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.,| |Tyre,| |Phoenicia
||AE| |27|
After her nephew Caracalla was murdered, Julia Maesa successfully used her ample funds to plot the overthrow the usurper Macrinus and place her grandson Elagabalus on the throne. The teenager was a disaster as emperor, scorning Roman values with religious and sexual scandals. She cleverly convinced Elagabalus to adopt her other grandson, Alexander, as his heir. Shortly after Elagabalus and his mother were murdered by the Praetorian Guard, dragged through the streets and thrown into the Tiber. Through it all, Maesa held the power behind the throne.
JD113065. Bronze AE 27, RPC Online VI T8651 (11 spec.); Rouvier 2411; Mantis ANSCD 1923.150.392; cf. Baramki AUB 254 corr. (bust is Elagabalus), BMC Phoenicia -; SNG Cop -, aF, near centered on a tight flan, brown tone, highlighting earthen deposits, porous, weight 13.422 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 0o, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, 218 - 222 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVGV, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse TYRIORVM (above), olive tree between two conical baetyl stones (Ambrosial rocks of Tyre), the left rock inscribed AMB/POCIC in two lines, the right rock inscribed PAE/TRE also in two lines; dog right sniffing murex shell in exergue; rare; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
SH33820. Silver antoninianus, RSC III 30; RIC IV 264; BMCRE p. 540, 70; Hunter III 6; SRCV II 7747, VF, weight 5.533 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 218 - 219; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair slightly waved, looped plait at back of neck, crescent behind shoulders; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), Pietas standing half-left, veiled, dropping incense from right hand over lit and garlanded altar at feet, incense box in left hand; scarce; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Juno was the protector and special counselor of the state. She was a daughter of Saturn, and sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. Her Greek equivalent is Hera.
RS27018. Silver denarius, RIC IV 256, RSC III 20, BMCRE V 295, SRCV II 7751, Hunter III -, gVF, weight 2.9668 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 218 - 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse IVNO, Juno standing half left, head left draped and veiled, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, peacock at feet standing left with head turned back looking up at her; rare; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Juno was the protector and special counselor of the state. She was a daughter of Saturn, and sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. Her Greek equivalent is Hera.
RS29525. Silver denarius, RIC IV 256, RSC III 20, BMCRE V 295, SRCV II 7751, Hunter III -, Choice VF, full circles centering, weight 3.316 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 218 - 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, hair slightly waved, flat chignon at back of head; reverse IVNO, Juno standing half left, head left draped and veiled, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, peacock at feet standing left with head turned back looking up at her; rare; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.
RS33875. Silver denarius, RIC IV 271; RSC III 45; BMCRE p. 541, 80; Hunter III p. 131, 13; SRCV II 7757, Choice EF, mint luster, weight 3.278 g, maximum diameter 20.0 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 220 - 221 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, older draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves, and flat chignon at the back; reverse SAECVLI FELICITAS (era of good fortune), Felicitas standing half-left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lit altar, long caduceus vertical in left hand, star in right field; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
RS111519. Silver denarius, RIC IV 263; RSC III 29; BMCRE V p. 541, 73; Hunter III 7, SRCV II 7754, Choice EF, well centered, luster, flow lines, edge cracks, weight 3.236 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 222 - c. 223 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, older draped bust right, hair in slight nearly vertical waves, looped plait at back; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), Pietas standing half-left, veiled, dropping incense from right hand over lit and garlanded altar at feet, incense box in left hand; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 124 (8 Jan 2023), lot 881 (part of); SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Fecunditas is often identified as the personification of fertility rather than as an actual deity, however, Fecunditas was recognized as a divinity by Nero, who erected a statue to her. Tacitus notes that upon the birth of Claudia Neronis, the senate decreed the construction of a temple of Fertility to be built at Antium. Fecunditas is always portrayed as a female figure holding a child, or children and often a scepter, cornucopia, palm branch or caduceus. Sometimes the children are depicted standing at her feet. Coins portraying her usually advertise the fertility of the imperial family.
RS63896. Silver denarius, BMCRE p. 539, 64; RSC III 8; RIC IV 249; SRCV II 7749, Choice aEF, weight 3.079 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 218 - 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, older draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves, and flat chignon at the back; reverse FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing left, extending right hand to a child standing before her with arms reaching up to her, cornucopia in left; SOLD


|Julia| |Maesa|, |Julia| |Maesa,| |Augusta| |8| |June| |218| |-| |224| |or| |225| |A.D.||denarius|
Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.
RS29303. Silver denarius, RIC IV 271; RSC III 45; BMCRE p. 541, 80; Hunter III p. 131, 13; SRCV II 7757, nice VF, weight 3.052 g, maximum diameter 20.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 220 - 221 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves, looped plait at back; reverse SAECVLI FELICITAS (era of good fortune), Felicitas standing half-left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lit altar, long caduceus vertical in left hand, star in right field; ex Edgar L. Owen, auction 23, lot 93, 11 Jan 1996; SOLD




  




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