Julia Mamaea Silver Ancient Roman Coin Rare Juno wife & sister of Jupiter i52327

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Julia Mamaea
 – Roman Empress wife of
Emperor Severus Alexander 222-235 A.D. –

 Silver Denarius 18mm (3.12 grams) Rome mint: 222-235 A.D.
Reference: RIC 343 (Severus Alexander), S 8212
IVLIAMAMAEAAVG – Draped, bust right.
IVNOCONSERVATRIX – Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; peacock to
left.

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Juno
was an

ancient Roman goddess

, the protector and special counselor of the state. She

is a daughter of

Saturn

and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god

Jupiter

and the mother of

Mars

, Minerva

and

Vulcan

. Her Greek equivalent is

Hera.Juno sospita pushkin.jpg

As the

patron goddess

of Rome

and the

Roman empire

she was called Regina (“queen”) and, together with Jupiter and

Minerva
, was

worshipped as a triad on the Capitol (Juno Capitolina) in Rome.

As the great Juno

Moneta
(which

the ancients interpreted as “the one who warns”; this traditional etymology is

badly formed, but has not been replaced) she guarded over the finances of the

empire and had a temple on the

Arx

(one of two Capitoline hills), which was the

Mint
.

She was also worshipped in many other cities, where temples were built in her

honor.

Every year, on the first of March, women held a festival in honor of Juno

called the Matronalia

. On this day, lambs and other cattle were sacrificed in her

honor. Another festival called the

Nonae Caprotinae

(“The Nones of the Wild Fig”) was held on July 7. Juno is

the patroness of marriage, and many people believe that the most favorable time

to marry is June, the month named after the goddess.

Lucina

was an epithet for Juno as “she who brings children into light.”

Juno’s own warlike aspect among the Romans is apparent in her attire. She

often appeared armed and wearing a goatskin cloak, which was the garment

favoured by Roman soldiers on campaign. This warlike aspect was assimilated from

the Greek goddess Athena

, whose goatskin was called the ‘aegis’.

Julia

Avita Mamaea (14 or 29 August after 180–235) was the second daughter of

Julia

Maesa
, a powerful

Roman woman of Syrian

Arab

origin and Syrian noble

Julius Avitus

. She was a niece of empress

Julia

Domna
and

emperor

Septimius Severus

and sister of

Julia Soaemias

. She was born and raised in

Emesa

(modern

Homs

, Syria
).

Julia’s first husband was a former consul (whose name is unknown) who died.

Julia married as her second husband Syrian

Promagistrate

Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus

. Julia bore Marcianus two children, a

daughter called Theoclia (little is known of her) and a son, Marcus Julius

Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, later emperor

Alexander Severus

. Unlike her sister, Julia Mamaea was reported to be a

virtuous woman, never involved in scandals.

As a member of the Imperial Roman family, she watched closely the death of

her cousin Caracalla

and the ascent to power of her nephew

Elagabalus
,

the oldest grandson of Julia Maesa and her choice to the throne. Eventually

Elagabalus and his mother Julia Soaemias proved incompetent rulers and favour

fell on Alexander, Julia’s son. He became emperor in 222, following Elagabalus’

murder by the

Praetorian Guard

. Julia and her mother became regents in the name of

Alexander, then 14 years old. Upon adulthood, Alexander confirmed his esteem for

his mother and named her consors imperii (imperial consort). It was in

this condition that she accompanied her son in his campaigns: a custom started

with Julia Domna

. Thus she travelled to the East, for the campaign against

Parthia
and

to the Germania provinces. Julia Mamaea was with Alexander in Moguntiacum

(modern Mainz
),

capital of

Germania Superior

, when he was assassinated by his troops. She suffered the

same fate.

 

In the
material culture
of
classical antiquity
, a phiale or
patera
(Latin pronunciation: [ˈpatera])
is a shallow ceramic or metal
libation
bowl. It often has a bulbous
indentation (omphalos,
“bellybutton”) in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case
it is sometimes called a mesomphalic phiale. It typically has no handles,
and no feet. (A drinking cup with handles is a
kylix
. A circular platter with a pair of
C-handles is not a patera, but a few paterae have a single long straight
handle.) Although the two terms may be used interchangeably, particularly in the
context of
Etruscan culture
, phiale is more common
in reference to Greek forms, and patera in a Roman setting.

Use


A youth pours a libation to the deceased within a
naiskos
,
a scene that may also
represent
Ganymede
serving
Zeus
(Apulian
red-figure

krater
, 340–320 BC)

Libation was a central and vital aspect of
ancient Greek religion
, and one of the simplest
and most common forms of religious practice. It is one of the basic religious
acts that define piety in ancient Greece, dating back to the
Bronze Age
and even
prehistoric Greece
. Libations were a part of
daily life, and the pious might perform them every day in the morning and
evening, as well as to begin meals. A libation most often consisted of mixed
wine and water, but could also be unmixed wine, honey, oil, water, or milk.

The form of libation called spondē is typically the ritualized pouring
of wine from a jug or bowl held in the hand. The most common ritual was to pour
the liquid from an
oinochoē
(wine jug) into a phiale. Libation
generally accompanied prayer. The Greeks stood when they prayed, either with
their arms uplifted, or in the act of libation with the right arm extended to
hold the phiale. After the wine offering was poured from the phiale, the
remainder of the contents was drunk by the celebrant.

In Roman art
, the libation is shown performed at
an
altar, mensa (sacrificial meal table)
,
or
tripod
. It was the simplest form of sacrifice,
and could be a sufficient offering by itself. The introductory rite
(praefatio)
to an animal sacrifice included an incense and wine libation
onto a burning altar. Both
emperors
and divinities are frequently
depicted, especially on coins, pouring libations from a patera. Scenes of
libation and the patera itself commonly signify the quality of
pietas
, religious duty or reverence.

 


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