Celebrate the females of Imperial Rome (A variety of pick and post)

Rules are simple. Choose an Emperor and the next poster has to post an image of the chosen Emperors Wife, Mother, or Daughter etc and choose the next Emperor.
To start things off, the first wife of Theodosius I was Aelia Flaccilla which I post below. At the bottom of my post I name Constantine I so the next poster has to show a female character from his family.


Aelia Flaccilla AE4. AEL FLAC-CILLA, draped bust with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a chi-rho on shield set on narrow column. 10mm, 1.28gr. RIC IX Antioch 54; Sear 20628

Born Spain 356CE, died Constantinople 386 CE. First wife of Theodosius I
NEXT: Female family member of Constantine I

 

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Flavia Helena (AKA saint Helena, mother of Constantine), Cyzicus, AD 324/5.
Obv.: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena right wearing necklace
Rev.: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Helena as Securitas standing facing, head left, holding branch pointing downward and raising hem of robe // SMKΔ. RIC 28.

Next (easy !) : Marcus Aurelius

 

I don't have any Faustina so here is Lucilla

NEXT: Keeping the easy start, Antoninvs Pius

 

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

 

Hey, that was not Antoninus Pius' family. Yes of course, Caracalla was officially renamed Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, and the poor Plautilla has been his wife for some time... But I think this was not what @expat meant.

Let's take it at face value : @theRealAntoninusPius


Faustina senior, posthumous sestertius
Obv.: DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA, veiled and diad. bust right
Rev.: PIET-AS AVG, Pietas stanfing left pouring incense on incense-burner

Next : Gallienus !

 

Bronze Coin (AE Antoninianus) minted at Antioch for SALONINA, wife of GALLIENUS, in 254 A.D. Obv. CORN.SALONINA.AVG.: diad. bust dr. r., on crescent. Rev. CONCORDIA.AVGG.: GALLIENUS, togate, stg. r., clasping hands with SALONINA stg. l. RSCIV #31. RICV #63. DVM #9. RCSVIII #10630.


Next SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS

 

Julia Domna, AR denarius, Rome 196-211
Obv.: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rev.: FORTVNAE FELICI, Fortuna Felix seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and resting on rudder on globe.
RIC IV Septimius Severus 553

Next (easy): Alexander Severus

 

who is Alexander Severus?

 

How about his mom?:


Next: Diocletian

 

Diocletian? that's a difficult one... There is his daughter Valeria, who married his Caesar Galerius
I'm sorry to post such a ruined coin, but it's the only one of her I have



Galeria Valeria, follis.
Obv.: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, draped bust right wearing stephane
Rev.: VENERI VI-CTRICI / HTΔ (?), Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and raising drapery.

Next (easier) : Hadrian

 

Sabina As
Unfortunately I cannot find the image of the reverse, I'll find and post but lets carry on with Hadrian.

 

Silver coin (AR Denarius) minted at Rome for SABINA, wife of HADRIAN, in 136 A.D. Obv. SABINA.AVGVSTA.: dr. and diad. bust r. Rev. VENERI.GENETRICI.: Venus stg. r., with r. hand drawing up robe on shoulder, in l. holding apple. RCS #1189. RSCII #73. RICII #396 pg.387. DVM #7. RCVSII #3924.

Next: Lucius Verus

 

Deleted to keep the thread.

 

Supposed to be a female family member of the named Emperor

 

Lucilla, AE sestertius, AD 164-169. From Roma E-Sale 82, lot 1393. Ex Vitangelo.
RIC III 1742-Aurelius



How about Claudius (the first one)?

 

¤ CLAUDIUS, WIVES OF Women who were married to Claudius before and after
his ascent to the throne of Rome. He married four times: to Plautia Urgulanilla,
Aelia Paetina, Valeria MESSALLINA and AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER. Urgulanilla he
divorced for adultery. Aelia Paetina was also divorced. Valeria Messallina proved
even more wanton, and after her death in 48 A.D., Claudius swore to the
Praetorian Guard that if he ever remarried they should kill him. Urgulanilla bore
Claudius two children, Drusus and Claudia. Drusus died in childhood and
Claudia was illegitimate, the daughter of the Freedman Boter. Messallina gave
him Octavia and Britannicus. Antonia is considered the daughter of Aelia Paetina.

was any coins minted of his wifes?

 

Yes, but you might need to look at provincial coinage, Alexandria specifically.

There's also a very rare denarius of Claudius on the obverse and Agrippina Jr on the reverse.

To move things along, and Claudius is a tough one in that an actual portrait of Messalina does not exist, as far as I know, here is the Alexandrian tetradrachm depicting Messalina as Ceres on the reverse.

Claudius and Messalina, BI tetradrachm, Alexandria, RY 1 (41 AD).
RPC I 5132
14.1 grams

Obverse: Laureate head right; L A (date) before.
Reverse: MEΣΣAΛINA KAIΣ ΣEBAΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing left, leaning on column, holding two children and grain ears.



How about Commodus?

 

Bruttia Crispina, wife of Commodus. After ten years of marriage, accused of adultery by her husband (likely falsely) and banished to Capri, where she was later executed on his orders. Died aged 26 or 27.

Silver AR denarius. CRISPINA AVG, draped bust right / DIS GENITALIBVS, square, garlanded and lighted altar. RSC 15, RIC 281A.

For a reasonably easy one, let's go with Philip the Arab.

 

Silver Coin (AR Antoninianus) minted at Rome for OTACILIA SEVERA, Wife of PHILIP I, between 246 - 248 A.D. Obv. M.OTACIL.SEVERA.AVG.: Bust, dia., dr., on crescent, r. Rev. CONCORDIA.AVGG.: Concordia seated l., holding patera and double cornucopia. RCS #2625. RSCIV #4. RICIV # 125c. DVM #1.



NEXT: Trajan Decius

 

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