Julia Maesa Pudicitia Denarius

Related — This coin as MARS VLTOR Auction 27, lot 173, 26 July 2026 - the auction photograph, obverse and reverse. Bright, evenly struck silver on a slightly oval flan; the portrait carries the deep separated waves in the hair that this issue is worth buying for, IVLIA MAESA AVG full and clear, and on the reverse the throne, footstool and raised veil are all legible with only the goddess’s face soft.
Image source & licence
Image: MARS VLTOR GmbH, Vienna, from the auction listing. To be replaced by the owner’s own photographs when the coin arrives.

Attribution: Italy. Rome. Elagabalus, for Julia Maesa Augusta. Struck 221-222 AD (auction house's dating); Maesa Augusta 218 - c. 224/5 AD. AR. denarius.

Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Maesa right, hair waved and drawn back into a bun at the nape

Reverse: Pudicitia seated left on a throne, raising her veil with her right hand and holding a long sceptre in her left; footstool below

Weight: 2.89 g (tag) (Weight from the auction cataloguing (2.89 g); in hand (arrival confirmed by John 2026-09-05) but NOT YET RE-WEIGHED — John weighs it the weekend of 6-7 September 2026.) · 19 mm Reference: RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus)

John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · julia-maesa-pudicitia-denarius-001

The Coin