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Nice ones Martin, im looking around at Helena's and Fausta's. Looking to getting back into ancients in August or so.

 

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I like this thread. Lots of nice coins and portraits. Haven´t gotten far with the Roman ladies myself, I´ve been occupied with the emperors so far. This is one of the few I have:

 

AWESOME coins cucumbor! I am especially impressed with the 'CONSECRATIO' of Faustina Jr. with the veiled bust obverse, very beautiful.

Svessien, that is a beautifully struck example of Otacilia Severa, very well struck and nicely centered. Do you know the weight?

 

RIC says my new coin is common but it is not a reverse of Salonina I have seen often so I'll post it here. It came from a dealer at Baltimore who I had previously not known for ancients but had bought medieval coins from. I guess as I was expanding into later coins, he was moving to meet me in the middle.

RIC calls the mint 'Asia' but later references usually say 'Antioch'. The reverse legend reads ROMAE ATERNAE leaving out the E between A and T one would expect to see.

 

You sure the legend isnt Salonina instead?

 

Oops. Place mind in gear before typing. Corrected.

 

No problem!

As for the coin, very cool error find. I admit, I dont look for die errors in the legends. I am so quick to dismiss a coin sometimes if its deposit ridden or its greatly off center, its possible I could scoop up a error if I looked harder :/.

 

Thank you, Rex. I haven´t weighed the coin (or at least not written it down if I did), but I guess weight is around 3,8 - 4 grams.
I agree cucumbors coins are great. I also think Martins Magna Urbica is magnificent.

 

I have a coin that i cant find the value of. Is a nero claudius ceasar coin facing right and on the reverse is a man playing the lyrie and one side has s other c i think its bronze? Ive seen the one without sc on ebay for 3000$ i know my coin isnt that much, any ideas

 

There are two factors to consider: Condition and authenticity. $3000 is not out of line for a very nice example of this coin. $3 is about right for a decent looking fake (want to guess which is more common?). Do you have a slug/fine/mint state grade real/fake coin (condition is everything when it comes to price - everything except being genuine which is even more important). I saw a very nice looking but definitely fake Nero bronze sold for $20 recently so condition/beauty even has a place in evaluating fakes. Is your coin a $.30 or a $3000 model? Without a photo we can not guess.

 

here you go

what do you think i know its no where near the pictures ive seen but being over 1900 years old has to count for somethng.... right?

 

Matidia
Manlia Scantilla

 

Here are a few that are hard to come by:

Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus. Augusta, 221 CE.
Isinda, Pisidia, AE 26 mm.
Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, Dr. bust of Faustina r.
Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, in field, E-Delta (yr. 4 ).
Ex Lindgren I, ex von Aulock, Pisidia I 833 (Plate coin).



Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian. Augusta, 253 CE. Mysia, Parium. Æ (20.5mm, 3.78g). Struck 253 CE.
Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopia on back; globe between legs (Sear describes as a star, but this appears to be a globe). SGI 4408 (var.); SNG Von Aulock 7448.



Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus, Augusta, 193 CE. Æ sestertius (30.5 mm, 21.24 gm), Rome mint, struck April-June, 193 CE.
Obv: DIDIA CLARA AVG, Draped bust right, hair in bun behind.
Rev: HILAR TEMPOR SC (Legend worn). Hilaritas standing, head left, holding palm branch and cornucopia. RIC 20; BMC 38; Cohen 4; Sear 6087.

 

Some nice rarities there, @Roman Collector! I wasn't a member of this forum when this thread was first posted, but I'll contribute a curious duo of Julia Domna. Do we like contrasts? Here is a beautiful denarius and one of...well, numismatic interest (A limes, or bronze denarius).

 

The Nabataean queens Huldu and Gamilat on sela'im (that happen to include their husbands Aretas IV and Rabbel II)...

 

Well I just noticed the title says "Roman empresses," so apologies for the last post. Let's go with Faustina II of Gadara and Julia Mamaea of Bostra...

 

Gawd, Mat => I thought that you were the "King of Queens", but you were just a newbie when this thread started!!

=> apparently Q, doug and Martin are the long term chick-hunters, eh (very cool ol' thread)

 

Speaking of chick-hunters, the two wives of Constantius Chlorus, Helena and Theodora...

 

SABINA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed & draped bust right, hair in queue down back
REVERSE: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left with patera and cornucopiae
Struck at Rome, 128AD
3g, 17mm
RIC 390

FAUSTINA Sr
AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right
REVERSE: AETERNITAS S-C, Aeternitas seated left holding phoenix & scepter
Struck at Rome, 147 AD
24.53g, 34 mm
RIC 1103A

FAUSTINA MINOR
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: SAECVLI FELICIT, throne (Pulvinar) upon which sits Commodus and Antoninus
Struck at Rome, 161-175 AD
3.22g, 17mm
RIC 711 (Aurelius) RSC 190

LUCILLA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
REVERSE: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled & holding hand on breast
Struck at Rome, 165-169 AD
2.5g, 18.5mm
RIC 781

JULIA MAESA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA MAESA AVG - Draped bust right
REVERSE: PVDICITIA - Pudicitia seated left, pulling veil and holding scepter
Struck at Rome, 218-222 AD
2.6g, 19mm
RIC 268, BMC 76 (Elagabalus), S 7756, C 36

 

JULIA SOAEMIAS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right
REVERSE: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding scepter, extending her hand to Cupid standing before her
Struck at Rome, 218-222 AD
2.96g, 20mm
RIC 243

JULIA MAMAEA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: VESTA, Vesta standing half-left, holding palladium & scepter
Struck at Rome, 225-8 AD
2.5g, 20mm
RIC 360, RSC 81, BMC 381

PLAUTILLA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right
REVERSE: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, Plautilla & Caracalla clasping hands
Struck at Rome, 202 AD
2.83g, 18mm
RIC 361

JULIA DOMNA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right
REVERSE: VENERI VICTR, Venus standing right, naked to waist, leaning on column to left, holding palm and apple
Struck at Rome, 194 AD
2.5g, 17mm
RIC 536

TRANQUILLINA
AE23
OBVERSE: CAB TPANKVLLEINA CEB, diademed & draped bust right
REVERSE: ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Artemis running right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver behind shoulder, dog running at her feet
Struck at Hadrianopolis, 241-43 AD
6.1g, 23mm
Moushmov 2764