★ Ex Münzhandlung Ritter pre 2000 ★

AQUILIA SEVERA (Augusta, 220-221 & 221-222). Denarius. Rome.

Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG.
Draped bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA.
Concordia standing left, holding double cornucopia and patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left; star to inner left.

RIC 225 (Elagabalus).

Ex Münzhandlung Ritter, bought before 2000 (with Ticket). Aquilia Severa, high priestess of Vesta, was Elagabalus' second wife. The marriage, celebrated in AD 220, was not well accepted by the Roman people, as the vestal vow of chastity was considered sacred. In the mind of the emperor, who identified himself with the Sun God, the marriage was meant to symbolise the union of two different religions, the Syriac and the Roman. The two however had no heirs and Elagabalus divorced Aquilia in 221 to marry Annia Faustina.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 3.28 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.