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Æ19 - Julia Cornelia Paula
| Issuer | Ariassus (Pisidia, Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 219-220 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A standing deity or civic figure occupies the central field, depicted in a dynamic pose with attributes consistent with Pisidian provincial iconography of the period, possibly a military or tutelary figure. The surrounding Greek legend ΑΡΙΑϹϹƐΩΝ identifies the issuing city of Ariassus in Pisidia. The reverse field exhibits the typical rough flan surface and informal die engraving characteristic of small Pisidian civic bronzes of the early third century AD. The overall composition is centered within a plain circular border. |
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| Mint | Ariassus, Pisidia |
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Julia Cornelia Paula was Elagabalus's first wife, married in 219 AD as part of an effort to legitimize his chaotic reign through a dynastic union with a respected senatorial family. She was repudiated within a year — Elagabalus divorced her to pursue a union with the Vestal Virgin Aquilia Severa, a scandal that outraged Roman religious sensibility. Her tenure as Augusta was brief enough that provincial mints across the East struck comparatively few issues in her name before the political situation shifted again.
Ariassus, a minor Pisidian city of limited output, makes this an uncommonly scarce provincial type by any measure.