Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, 218-220 CE
AR Denarius 20mm, 2.10 g, 6h
Draped bust right /
Pudicitia seated left, about to draw veil and holding scepter.
RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); Thirion 412; RSC 36
May 7
Correct date and estimated year of birth of Julia Maesa in Emesa.
Birth of Julia Soaemias to Julia Maesa.
Birth of Julia Mamaea to Julia Maesa.
Death of husband of Julia Maesa in Cyprus.
April 11
Macrinus is proclaimed emperor and exiles Julia Maesa, her daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, and her grandson Elagabalus.
April
Julia Maesa deliberately spreads a rumor that her grandson Elagabalus is the son of Caracalla after an illicit relationship between Caracalla and his mother Julia Soaemias.
Julia Maesa arranges for her grandson Elagabalus to marry Julia Paula.
March 11
Elagabalus and his mother Julia Soaemias are assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in Rome. Following Elagabalus’s death, Aquilia Severa disappears from the historical record. Severus Alexander becomes Emperor, while Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea remain very powerful.
Approximate death year of Julia Maesa, mother to Julia Mamaea and grandmother of Severus Alexander.