- Choice Fine Empress Julia Domna Roman Empire bronze As coin.
- Minted at Rome between 193 to 196 CE during the reign of her husband Emperor Septimius Severus.
- Approx. 26mm, 11.99g, RIC 846, rated as Rare.
- Certified by NGC to Ch F.
- Obverse: JULIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right with hair braided in waves and tucked into a large chignon.
- Reverse: VENERI VICTR S C, Venus naked to waist with back exposed, standing right holding apple & palm & leaning on column.
- Venus Victrix, Venus the Victorious, a Romanised aspect of the armed Aphrodite that Greeks had inherited from the East, where the goddess Ishtar remained a goddess of war, and Venus could bring victory to a Emperor. An appropriate reference to the military victories of Septimius Severus over his rival Clodius Albinus.
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