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RIC 379a[carac] of Julia Domna

Julia Domna AR Antoninianus. Struck 215 AD. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed & draped bust right on crescent / LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, cloak floating around head, driving biga galloping left. RSC 106a.

Lot No.1170. VF.

$ 150.

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Julia Domna was from a prominent Syrian family and at an early age had a soothsayer proclaim that she would marry an emperor. Septimius took this prediction seriously and married her. She was mother of Geta and Caracalla and served well in the role of Empress from 193 to 217 AD, when is said to have starved herself to death after Macrinus assumed the throne.