Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Julia Mamaea
224
Roman, minted in Rome
Roman Empire
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the bust of Julia Mamaea, the mother of Roman Emperor Alexander Severus, facing to the right, draped, and diademed. On the back (reverse), the goddess Venus (or the empress) stands to the right with a child seated on her left hand, a sceptre in her right.
Coins recorded the ever-changing hairdos of the royal ladies in Rome and carried the new fashions to the far corners of the empire.
Bronze