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Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D.
|Julia| |Domna|, |Julia| |Domna,| |Augusta| |194| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.|, The epithet Genetrix identified Venus as the goddess of motherhood and domesticity.
RS08031. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV S388a, RSC III 202, aVF, Rome mint, weight 4.90g, maximum diameter 23.7mm, die axis 180o, under Septimius Severus, 216 A.D.; obverse IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed draped bust right on crescent; reverse VENVS GENETRIX (Mother Venus), Venus seated left holding scepter and extending right hand; frosty surfaces, soft reverse strike, full-circle centering on both obverse and reverse; SOLD