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Apr 18, 2021 · Orielensis, Nice score & interesting write-up ! I recently sold a denarius of Julia Soaemias at CNG 483, pictured below. The coin was a needle sharp strike & was blessed with attractive iridescent toning. It sold for $324.50 ! Julia Soaemias, AD 220-221, Rome Mint. AR Denarius: 2.59 gm, 18 mm, 6 h.
Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180 – 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. She and her mother guided the young emperor until growing unrest and a family division led to her son's replacement by her ...
Julia Soaemias. The elder daughter of Maesa, Julia Soaemias (PIR 2 I 704) was born about 180, some eight years before her elder cousin Caracalla. She married Sextus Varius Marcellus (PIR V 192), like her a native of Apamea, who had a long and successful equestrian career before he was adlected into the senate.
Julia Domna (2) Julia Maesa: Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus: Gaius Septimius Severus Aper: Fulvia Plautilla: Caracalla (r. 197–217) Geta (r. 209–211) Julia Soaemias: Sextus Varius Marcellus: Julia Avita Mamaea: Unknown (2) Julia Cornelia Paula (1) Aquilia Severa (2 and 4) Elagabalus (r. 218–222) Annia Faustina (3) Sallustia Orbiana ...
Denarius with Julia Soaemias (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); A.D. 218–222; Unknown; Silver; 80.NH.152.154
Definition: Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180 – 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. She and her mother guided the young emperor until growing ...
Julia Soaemias, daughter of Julia Maesa and mother of Elagabalus, was, like her son, fanatically devoted to the workship of the Sun-God Elagabalus. She was murdered at the same time as her son in A.D. 222.
