- Mint State Uncirculated Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Empress Julia Domna at Rome 211 CE during the reign of her son Emperor Caracalla.
- Appealing mature portrait and unusually fine style for Pudicitia during this period.
- Approx. 20mm, 3.53g (heavy flan), RIC 385, RSC 172a.
- Certified by NGC to MS.
- Lustrous and reflective surfaces, beautiful in hand.
- Obverse: JULIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right with hair braided in waves and tucked into a large chignon.
- Reverse: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia enthroned left, head facing, right hand on breast, left hand holding scepter.
- Pudicitia is Roman goddess of modesty and chastity. She was at first worshipped in a chapel in Rome exclusively by the patrician matrons. Afterwards this cult died out with the decay of morals. In imperial times altars were erected to Pudicitia in honour of the empresses.
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