"Scratch FOUR Flat-tops!"

WOW!!! Incredible posts from Brian's OP on down!!!

I'll go with @TIF's answer since it's posted immediately above

I thought @Mat was the 'ladies man' ???

I'll just throw in a few of my nicer examples; Crispina, Julia Maesa and Plautilla:

 

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Wow, great posts everyone! Looks like everyone is outpacing me... Time for me to catch up:


RI Julia Domna 193-195 CE AR Den Vesta Palladium O-R.jpg


RI Faustina Jr 161-175 CE Ar Denarius m Marcus Aurelius 17-1mm 3g O-R.jpg


RI Faustina Sr 138-140 CE AR Denarius m Antoninus Pius 17-4mm 3-2g O-R.jpg


RI Julia Mamaea AR denarius Pietas incense altar perfume Seaby 48 O-R.JPG


RI Salonina wife of Gallienus 254-268 CE AE Antoninianus 3-61g 20mm Rome mint 267-268 CE crescent Deer Walking delta RIC 15 O-R.jpg


RI Otacilia Severa 244-249 CE Pietas Augustae incense RIC IV 43 O-R.jpg


RI Helena mother Constantine AE Follis Securitas Nicomedia mint 325-326 CE 19mm 3-3g RIC-95 Sear 16619.JPG

 

Catching up... catching up...


RI Lucilla AR denarius Juno seated flower child in swaddling clothes Seaby 36 O-R.JPG


RI Sabina 117-137 Denarius 3-18g Venus standing right holding an apple RSC73.JPG


RI Julia Maesa AR Denarius Pudicitia 3-1g 19mm Sear 2183 O-R.jpg


RI Herennia Etruscilla 249-251 BCE Ant crescent Fecunditas cornucopiae child RSC 8 O-R.JPG


RI Crispina m Commodus 177 CE AR denarius 2-29g Juno stdg RIC-283 O-R.JPG


RI Severina Wife of Aurelian 274-275 CE BI22 Antoninianus 3-14g Rome mint Crescent Concordia RIC 317 O-R.jpg


RI Plautilla 202-205 CE m CaracallaAR Denarius 3-7g Concordia patera scepter RIC 363 O-R.jpg

 

I have some more...


RI Galeria Valeria AE23 Follis 308-310 CE Venus apple SMNGamma 5-42g RIC VI 57 O-R.JPG


RI Aelia Flaccilla w Theodosius I 373-388 CE 21mm 5-7g Victory Christogram shield Antioch RIC IX 61 O-R.JPG


RI Julia Soaemias 218-222 CE AR Den Venus Caelestis star RIC IV 241 O-R.jpg


Julia Paula Augusta AD 219-220 AR Denarius 18 mm 3.10g Antioch mint AD 219-220 - Venus Genetrix seated left holding apple scepter RIC IV 222 RSC 21.JPG

 

Some of the Harder ones...


RI Theodora AE 15 337-340 CE Pietas Romana S 3911 O-R.jpg


RI Aelia Eudoxia wife of Arcadius 395-401 CE AE3 2-83g 17mm crowned by hand of God Enthroned Constan mint RIC 79 O-R.jpg


RI Julia Aquila Severa 220-222 CE AE 4th Wife Elagabalus O-R.jpg


RI Prv Thrace Deultum Tranquillina 241-244 CE Æ 22mm 6-6 g Hermes purse caduceus SNG Bulgaria 1504-8 O-R.JPG

 

"Flat tops" ? And here I thought we was lookin' for 'carriers', like at Midway.....

Carry on brothers and sisters. Oh, BTW, some handsome stuff posted here.

 

Whoops, I forgot to include this Severan provincial in my prior post. The obverse has some issues but the reverse is a fantastic rendering of Zeus Ammon


EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa
year 5, CE 221/2
tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm
Obv: draped bust right
Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E
Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186

 

WOW! LOVE that one! Nice!

 

Between looking at a guy and a girl I'm not normally drawn to the guy, but that Zeus-Ammon... wow!!

 

Yeah, am as straight as they come, but that Zeus is a hottie.

 

Still happy with my Severa upgrade this year.

But I would dump this in a hearbeat for that Tet.


Aquilia Severa (220-221 & 221-222 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IVLIA AQUILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding double cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over altar to left; star to right.
Rome Mint
19mm
3.02g
RIC IV(part 2), pg 47, #226 (Elagabalus)

 

Besides the couple of Faustina I posted on another thread I only have a couple of others first Antonia with Caligula on a Macedon coin and the other one is Julia Domna with Caracalla on a Marcianopolis triumphal arch/city gate.

 

I've posted it here before, but it's appropriate in this thread, too. I really find this Lucilla sestertius artistically attractive despite the low technical grade it would receive:

 

Another one... Nice little budget addition:


Roman Empire
Orbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, Augusta, 225-227 CE
Æ AS 23mm 8.75g Rome mint
Obv: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae
Ref: RIC 656

 

Such an amazing and attractive variety of posts!!!

Sheesh, @Alegandron ....I can't wait to see what you do collect WHEN you are actually collecting something LOL

For an anti-Imperial guy, you sure seem to have a ton of them

 

Yeah, it is a sideline for me....BUT things seem to happen. Counted...up to 136 Roman Rulers of which 27 are Empresses... Generally budget versions of their Portraits, but still fun to fill the slots. IF I DID focus on them, I would be stupidly spending ridiculous monies to get high-end examples... that would be decimating for me, because I know myself and how I FOCUS on a challenge.

 

Nice to see you get it!

 

Thank you for the tip!

 

good hits aleg!

 

Sorry, I don't get it?? What is the relationship to 4 Japanese carriers? Is it the hair? Neat coins.