Beautiful ladies of Rome

I'd like to see your "GUAPA" portraits of the roman empresses...
As you know, quite often they are portrayed as being quite ordinary looking, like my old headmistress (my own experience), ugly, to even masculine looking.

Here's one to start...Love the slightly elongated neck..

Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156,
Obverse. Draped bust of Faustina right, FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL
Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat. (RCV 4704; RIC 502a)
Paul

 

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Pretty Empresses

Most of mine are well circulated, so their beauty wore off onto others...


RI Mariniana AR Ant 253-254 CE Crescent - On Peacock flying 21.2mm 3.1g RIC VII 6 Rome


RI Paulina w Maximinus I D before CE 235 AE sestertius 30.77mm 19.66g 2nd emiss of Maximinus I CE 236 Peacock RIC IV 3 RARE


RI Magnia Urbica 285 CE silvered Ant AE 23mm 3.4g cresent - Venus helmet scepter shield RIC 343 Rare


RI Sabina 117-137 Denarius 3.18g Venus standing right holding an apple RSC73


RI Lucilla 164-182 CE AR Denarius 18mm 2.8g Rome mint 166-169 CE Pudicitia RIC III 780


RI Julia Mamaea AR denarius Pietas incense altar perfume Seaby 48


RI Plautilla 202-205 CE m CaracallaAR Denarius 3.7g Concordia patera scepter RIC 363


RI Otacilia Severa 244-249 CE w-Philip I AR Ant Pietas Augustae incense RIC IV 43


RI Julia Domna 193-195 CE AR Den Vesta Palladium

 

Nice coins...

Most guapa...Lucilla

 

Plautilla


Julia Domna


Julia Domna


Saint Helena


Julia Mamaea


Faustina the Elder

 

Direct link to my ladies:

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3727

 

I have 73 coins of Faustina Junior alone, but this one is one of my favorites:


Faustina II under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175
Roman AR denarius; 2.60 g, 17 mm Rome, AD 161-175
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rev: LAETITIA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and scepter
Refs: RIC 700; Cohen 147; RCV 5258 var.

Julia Domna is quite captivating in this youthful portrait:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217
Roman orichalcum dupondius; 10.61 gm, 24.2 mm
Rome, issue 6, AD 195
Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas enthroned right, nursing one child, second child stands before her.
Refs: RIC 844; BMCRE 494; Cohen 43; Hill 126; RCV 6639 Notes: Ex Ars Classica VIII, 1924, Bement Collection, lot 1184. Die-match to BMCRE-494, pl. 21.4

Plautilla has a pleasing portrait. I like the pointy ears; it makes her look like a pixie:


Plautilla, AD 202-205
Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 19.0 mm
Rome, AD 202
Obv: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia, diademed, standing left, holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RIC 363a; BMCRE 411; RSC 1; RCV 7065; Temeryazev & Makarenko 421; Hill 583 & 585.

 

Oh! @Sallent!! You have a gorgeous Helena! Maybe it is the loveliest I have seen so far!

Great coins, everyone. Very enjoyable thread.

 

73! Wow! Here is one:

Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Struck c. 147-150 [RIC] under Antoninus Pius.
LAETITIAE PVBLICAE
RIC 506b. Sear 4705 "148-152"

 

wow! Some super coins out there!


Again lovely elongated neck.....Sorry got a thing about necks!
Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Denarius (3,84g). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 200-207. Draped bust right / Pietas standing left, holding acerrum (incence box) and dropping incense onto lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC IV 572 (Septimius); RSC 150.

 

I haven't added any new empress coins lately.
Keeping with the OP though

Faustina Jr.
Denarius


AS

Faustina Sr.
AS
Then just because I like the Severan women a few Julias.

Julia Domna

Julia Maesa

 

Great coins all!

 

Excellent topic for a thread, Spaniard! I'm posting the only coin that I have featuring a female Roman ruler. I purchased this because I like the portrait.

 

@Deacon Ray ...Nice obverse! But are you sure it wasn't anything to do with the reverse

 

I have so few ancients (so far!!), that I'm excited to be able to add to a thread. Even though I've posted it before....and it's in a tomb...

Faustina Jr

 

Empress Plautilla. Pietas.. Cohen 16.

 

Yes! I confess that the reverse was enchanting!

 

Reverse was merely short desire.. VENUS. LOL

 

Most of my empresses are on the stern side, but I have always found this Lucilla beautiful:

 

My favourites so far...excluding my own And this is nothing to do with the coin itself just in my opinion the beauty of the person..
Alegandron..Lucilla
Valentinian..Faustina II
Roman Collector..Julia Domna
Sallent..Plautilla and the JM is nice too.
Parthicus..Lucilla
randygeki..O S
Smojo..Faustina II

 

Here are a couple of mine, Faustina Senior and her daughter: