MYSIA. Pergamum. Julia Augusta (Livia), with Julia, Augusta, 14-29. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.71 g, 12 h), Charinos, grammateus, circa 10-2 BC. [ΛΙ]ΒΙΑΝ ΗΡΑΝ ΧΑ[ΡΙΝΟΣ] Draped bust of Livia to right. Rev. ΙΟΥΛΙ[ΑΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ] Draped bust of Julia to right. BMC 248. RPC I 2359. SNG Copenhagen 467. rough, otherwise, good fine. From Frank L. Kovacs.
Julia was the daughter of Augustus and his second wife, Scribonia. She married her cousin Marcellus in 25 BC but he died two years later. Julia then married Augustus’s friend and favoured heir Agrippa in 21 BC They had five children, Gaius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Lucius Caesar, Agrippina Senior, and Agrippa Postumus. After Agrippa’s death in 12 BC, the issue of the succession became problematic and Julia was forced to marry the future emperor Tiberius, who in turn had to divorce his present wife, Vipsania Agrippina. The marriage was not a happy one and Julia subsequently became infamous for affairs, resulting in her being exiled by Augustus in 2 BC