Julia Mamaea, AE 39 medallion, 69.10 gr, 228 AD.

IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped, winged bust right, crescent
over left shoulder, wearing diadem of corn-ears with lotus at
the front, and holding cornucopiae and torch. (Empress as
Dea Panthea with the torch of Ceres, cornucopiae of Abundantia 
crescent of Luna or Diana, lotus of Isis and wings of Victory.
FELICITAS PERPETVA, Mamaea seated left, feet on low stool,
holding sceptre and globe (or apple), receiving a female
standing before her (Venus?), behind the empress, Felicitas 
standing left, holding long caduceus and another female
deity standing facing in the background. 

BMC 537; Gnecchi II, p. 83, 2.

Very rare.

ex Glendining & Co., Auction 16. (1950) lot 1818.

Contributed by Dr. Hubert Lanz, auction November 2000, 
Added July 2011.