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Markianopolis AE25 Moushmov 414 of Julia Domna

Julia Domna AE25 of Markianopolis. IOVLIA AVGOVCTA, draped bust right / MARKIANOPOLITWN, Diana advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver on her back, holding bow, hound at feet.

Lot No.3555. gFine and rare.

$ 105.

Julia Domna was from a prominent Syrian family and at an early age had a soothsayer proclaim that she would marry an emperor. Septimius took this prediction seriously and married her. She was mother of Geta and Caracalla and served well in the role of Empress from 193 to 217 AD, when is said to have starved herself to death after Macrinus assumed the throne.