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Markianopolis AE29 Moushmov 471cf of Julia Domna

Julia Domna & Caracalla AE29 of Markianoplis. Magistrate Quintillianus. IOVLIA DOMNA [ANTWNINOC] / VP KVNTILIANOV MARKIANOPOLITWN, Apollo standing right holding bow, altar behind, snake climbing tree before, E in left field.

Lot No.2689. nVF and Unlisted. 11.5g.

$ 450.

Unlisted, with Domna on the right and Caracalla on the left, in both Moushmov and Verbanov.

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.