JULIA MAESA Authentic Ancient Rome Silver Roman Coin FECUDINTAS CHILD NGC i81433

  
Item: i81433 Authentic Ancient Coin of. Silver Denarius 20mm Rome mint, struck under Elagabalus 218-220 A.

Reference: RIC IV 249; Thirion 395; RSC 8; BMCRE 61 Certification: NGC Ancients. IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right.

FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing left, extending hand over small child and holding cornucopia. In Roman mythology, Fecunditas (Latin: "fecundity, fertility") was the goddess of fertility.

She was portrayed as a matron, sometimes holding a cornucopia or a hasta pura, with children in her arms or standing next to her. Nero dedicated a temple at Rome to Fecunditas, on occasion of his daughter's birth in 63 AD. Julia Maesa 7 May ca.

3 August 224 was a Roman citizen and daughter of Julius Bassianus, priest of the sun god Heliogabalus, the patron god of Emesa (modern Homs) in the Roman province of Syria. Grandmother of both the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus, she figured prominently in the ascension of each to the title at the age of fourteen.

Like her younger sister Julia Domna, she was among the most important women to exercise power behind the throne in the Roman empire. Julia Maesa was married to Syrian noble Julius Avitus and had two daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Avita Mamaea each one mother of an emperor. Following the accession to the throne of her brother in law Septimius Severus, Julia Maesa moved to Rome to live with her sister.

After the murder of her nephew, the emperor Caracalla, and the suicide of Julia Domna, she was compelled to return to Syria. Once back in Syria and possessed of ample funds, Maesa engaged in a plot to overthrow Macrinus and place one of her grandsons, Elagabalus son of Julia Soaemias, in his place. In order to legitimise this pretension, mother and daughter fomented the rumor that the 14 year old boy was Caracalla's illegitimate son.

The two Julias were successful, mainly due to the fact that Macrinus was of an obscure origin without the proper political connections, and Elagabalus became emperor. For her loyalty and support, Elagabalus honored Julia Maesa with the title Augusta avia Augusti (Augusta, grandmother of Augustus). When the teenager proved to be a disaster as emperor scorning Roman values with both religious and sexual scandals (even taking the liberty of marrying a Vestal virgin among a rumored five wives during his brief four years reign), Julia Maesa decided to promote instead her fourteen year-old grandson Alexander Severus. She convinced Elagabalus to adopt Alexander as his heir and he was murdered shortly afterwards by the praetorian guard alongside his mother, both being thrown into the Tiber river in contempt after being dragged from the palace and through the streets, when a rumor circulated that Alexander had died. Julia Maesa died in an uncertain date around 226 and like her sister Domna before her, was deified.

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1. Ancient Coins: Roman Coins
2. Coin Type: Ancient Roman
3. Certification Number: 4935498-026
4. Certification: NGC
5. Grade: XF
6. Composition: Silver
7. Ruler: Julia Maesa
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