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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Severan Period| ▸ |Julia Soaemias||View Options:   | | | Julia Soaemias was the mother of Elagabalus and as debauched as he was. She was murdered along with her son in 222 A.D. |
Beautiful Persephone lived a peaceful life far away from the other deities, a goddess within Nature herself before the days of planting seeds and nurturing plants. She was innocently picking flowers when Hades, god of the Underworld, burst through a cleft in the earth and abducted her. While Demeter searched desperately for her daughter she neglected the earth and caused nothing to grow. Zeus, pressed by the cries of hungry people, determined to force Hades to return Persephone. However, Hades had tricked Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds, and because anyone who consumes food or drink in the Underworld is doomed to spend eternity there, she is forced return to the underworld for a period each year. Explaining the seasons, when Demeter and her daughter are reunited, the Earth flourishes with vegetation and color, but for the months each year when Persephone returns to the underworld, the earth becomes barren.RP110276. Bronze AE 22, RPC Online VI T8902 (16 spec.); Rosenberger 34; BMC Palestine p. 81, 18; SNG ANS 1084; Sofaer 39; Lindgren I A2438A; Meshorer City Coins -, VF, green patina, tight flan, some porosity, small edge splits, weight 11.087 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 235o, Sebaste (Sebastia, Israel) mint, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse SVAEMIAS AVGVSTA SEB, draped bust of Julia Soaemias right; reverse COL L SE SEBASTE, Hades abduction of Persephone: Hades in quadriga right, looking back, holding reins and Persephone, Eros flying right above, Athena advancing right behind, holding shield and about to hurl spear; serpent right over basket before, cista(?) below; SOLD
Julia Soaemias, Augusta 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Sebaste, Samaria, Syria Palaestina
Sebaste was in the heart of the mountains of Samaria, a few miles northwest of Shechem. The city was called Samaria when it was a capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th and 8th centuries B.C. According to Josephus, King Herod the Great renamed Sebastia in honor of emperor Augustus.RP110275. Bronze AE 20, RPC Online VI T8901 (8 spec.); Rosenberger III 36; Sofaer 37; Meshorer City Coins -; BMC Palestine -, VF, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, weight 9.996 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 15o, Sebaste (Sebastia, Israel) mint, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse SVAEMIAS AVGVSTA SEB, draped bust of Julia Soaemias right; reverse COL L SE SEBASTE, front view of temple with four columns, wreath in pediment, Capitoline Triad within: Jupiter in center seated facing on throne, long scepter in right hand, flanked by Juno on right, standing left, and Minerva on left, standing right, resting hand on shield; rare; SOLD
RS28088. Silver denarius, RIC IV 243, RSC III 14, BMCRE V 56, Hunter V 7, SRCV II 7720, aEF, weight 2.491 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus diademed seated left on throne, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, child at her feet; SOLD
Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love and beauty, the rough equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.RS34147. Silver denarius, RIC IV 243, RSC III 14, BMCRE V 56, Hunter V 7, SRCV II 7720, gVF, weight 3.318 g, maximum diameter 19.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus diademed seated left on throne, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, child at her feet; SOLD
Julia Soaemias was the mother of Elagabalus and as debauched as he was. She was murdered along with her son in 222 A.D.RS91449. Silver denarius, RSC III 8, BMCRE V E45, Hunter III 4, RIC IV 241, SRCV II 7719 var. (star left), VF, nice portrait, toned, flow lines, die wear, tiny edge cracks, weight 3.098 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 218 - 222 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus standing left, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, star in the right field; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; SOLD
Venus (Aphrodite) can be faulted for the Trojan War. Upset that she was not invited to a wedding, she went anyway and maliciously left a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest" on the banquet table. The goddesses, as Aphrodite expected, argued who was the rightful possessor of this prize. It was determined the most handsome mortal in the world, a noble Trojan youth named Paris, would decide. Each of the three finalists offered Paris a bribe. Hera promised he would rule the world. Athena said she would make him victorious in battle. Aphrodite guaranteed the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. This was Helen, who was married to the king of Sparta. Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite enabled Paris to elope with Helen, Helen of Troy. Helen's husband raised a Greek army to retrieve his wife, starting the Trojan War.RS113912. Silver denarius, RIC IV 243, RSC III 14, BMCRE V 56, Hunter V 7, SRCV II 7720, VF, near centered, nice portrait, flow lines, frosty surfaces, weight 2.471 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus diademed seated left on throne, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, child at her feet raising arms; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 124 (8 Jan 2023), lot 881 (part of); $120.00 (€0) ON RESERVE
Venus (Aphrodite) can be faulted for the Trojan War. Upset that she was not invited to a wedding, she went anyway and maliciously left a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest" on the banquet table. The goddesses, as Aphrodite expected, argued who was the rightful possessor of this prize. It was determined the most handsome mortal in the world, a noble Trojan youth named Paris, would decide. Each of the three finalists offered Paris a bribe. Hera promised he would rule the world. Athena said she would make him victorious in battle. Aphrodite guaranteed the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. This was Helen, who was married to the king of Sparta. Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite enabled Paris to elope with Helen, Helen of Troy. Helen's husband raised a Greek army to retrieve his wife, starting the Trojan War.RS92497. Silver denarius, RIC IV 243, RSC III 14, BMCRE V 56, Hunter V 7, SRCV II 7720, VF, old collection toning, nice portrait, flow lines, die wear, porosity, reverse off center, tiny edge split, weight 2.455 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus seated left on throne, wearing diadem, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, child at her feet; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
RS02967. Silver denarius, RSC III 8, BMCRE V E45, Hunter III 4, RIC IV 241, SRCV II 7719 var. (star left), Choice aEF, weight 3.32 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 218 - 222 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus standing left, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand, star in the right field; SOLD
Julia Maesa, Augusta 8 June 218 - 224 or 225 A.D., Hybrid with Julia Soamias Reverse
Interesting hybrid of a Julia Maesa obverse with a Julia Soaemias reverse (RIC 241). BMC lists a large variety of hybrids mixing obverses and reverses of Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, and Julia Soamias. Many are identified as ancient counterfeits. This particular hybrid, most likely an ancient counterfeit, is not listed.RS14185. Silver denarius, BMCRE V -, RIC IV -, reverse RIC IV Soaemias 241, F, weight 2.385 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 0o, Rome or unofficial mint, obverse IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, hair slightly waved, flat chignon at back of head; reverse VENVS CAELESTIS (heavenly Venus), Venus standing left, apple in right hand, scepter in left hand; slightly irregular flan, frosty surfaces, no indication of a base metal core; SOLD
RS00075. Silver denarius, SRCV II 7718, RIC IV 237, BMCRE V 41, RSC III 3, VF, weight 2.30 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA, draped bust right; reverse IVNO REGINA, Juno standing right, diademed and veiled, scepter in right, palladium in left; SOLD
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