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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Julia Domna| > RS92480
Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D.
|Julia| |Domna|, |Julia| |Domna,| |Augusta| |194| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.|, Venus in her aspect as the divine ancestress of the Roman people was known as Venus Genetrix. According to legend, and as recorded in Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneis was the son of Venus who fled Troy after its destruction and founded the city of Rome. Julius Caesar, being of the Gens Julia, claimed direct descent from Venus Genetrix and Aeneas. Julius Caesar built a Temple of Venus Genetrix in his new forum. Most depictions of Venus Genetrix on Roman coinage are of the statue in the Forum, and do not directly refer to pregnancy or fertility.
RS92480. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV C388a; RSC III 211; BMCRE V p. 434, 23; Hunter III p. 99, 15; SRCV II 7098, F, well centered, toned, flow lines, slight porosity, Rome mint, weight 4.926g, maximum diameter 23.1mm, die axis 0o, reign of Caracalla, 216 A.D.; obverse IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed draped bust right on crescent; reverse VENVS GENETRIX (Mother Venus), Venus seated left, extending right hand, scepter vertical in left; SOLD










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