I'm not saying I specialize in ancient butts, butt there's this. Bun fun post

I suppose being a bit off center turns censoring into what some older people my remember as a smallpox scar??? Caracalla, Pautalia


This Gordian of Marcianopolis is even a little more off center but so worn that it required no censoring.

I assume you know that one is from 'Emesa' with VICTOR reverse. They are not rare but should be noted on the labels.

 

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..thanks Doug...no i did not know that...

 

...he's cornered the market

 

You do realize that Domna issued a lot of types other than the common Venus but no one starts a thread on them. I do have more Venus coins because they were what was issued during the first period of the reign which is my main interest. It does seem odd that all of the later coins seem quite conservative in dress.

 

To stay in this thread's spirit, don't you think Fortuna's page 3 could make this denarius another British-related coin?

 

Best buns:


^ Faustina II, Plotinopolis - Apollo

Tiniest buns:

^ Menander drachm - Athena

I have the uncensored version (ex Righetti):

 

Y'all are making me jealous with your coins! (And hungry for a hamburger for some reason...)

 

No but's about it, this thread is totally tongue in cheek observation. Just saying.

 

It is hard to go wrong with 3 Graces -
I have two of the same coin. I saw the second one in a live auction and bought it on a whim.

The first coin is in a book.

You can buy a reproduction of the Met in NY 3 Graces statue.

 

or if you're really broke...

 

This is cool! It's a gem impression in the Cornell University collection.

 

I’m a little late to this party, but here is my “well rounded” Athena:

Kingdom of Bactria
Menander I r. c. 165/55-130 B.C.
AR Drachm, 15.71mm x 2.5 grams
Obv.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (King Savior / Menander). Diademed bust of Menander right
Rev.: / (Maharajasa tratarasa / Menamdrasa). Athena Promachos standing left brandishing thunderbolt and aegis, monogram right
Ref.: HGC 12-192, Bopearachchi, Ménandre (I) Sôter, 67, pg. 233, plate 28

 

Just in last week, an upgrade...I like the weary, pensive portrait:


Julia Domna Æ Sestertius
(193-196 A.D.)
Rome Mint
IVLIA DOMNA AVG draped bust right / [VENERI VICTRI] S C, Venus, naked to waist, standing left from behind, apple in r. hand, palm over shoulder, left elbow resting on column
RIC IV Septimius Severus 842;
Cohen 195; BMC 488.
(21.27 grams / 28 x 26 mm)
eBay Feb. 2022

Better than this one (obverse die match?):

 

Artemis with a nice gluteus maximus.