MYSIA. Pergamon. Livia & Julia (Wife and Daughter of Augustus). Ae (Circa 10-2 BC). Charinos Grammateus, magistrate.
Obv: LIBIAN HPAN XAPINOΣ.
Draped bust of Livia as Hera right.
Rev: IOYΛIAN AΦPOΔITHN.
Draped bust of Julia as Aphrodite right.
RPC 2359.
Condition: good fine.
Weight: 3.77 g.
Diameter: 16 mm.
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