"Scratch FOUR Flat-tops!"

I have been rolling down the highway capturing Roman Ruler Portraits... I really do not collect Roman Rulers (Emperors, Empresses, Usurpers acclaimed as Augustus, etc.), but have been getting them as I shop the markets.

I am using the RIC Rarity List with 210 Total Rulers (take out the Anonymous - who was THAT?), and also includes some extras that @dougsmit suggested that were available as Provincials.

I decided a long time ago that I really was NOT going to collect Empresses... BUT...

As I started filling in the slots ofthe Emperors, those pesky Empresses kept popping up.

This week, I have added 4 Empresses to the Alegandron Collection... I am now up to 135 Roman Rulers.

Ummm...for NOT collecting Roman Rulers...this habit is getting baaaad...

POST YOUR COOL EMPRESSES!

Just like the WWII Pacific Battle of Midway:
"Scratch FOUR Flat-tops!"


Roman Empire
Antonia Dupondius : Daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, Wife of Nero Claudius Drusus.
Ox: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rx: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S-C, Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum
Nice example with dark green/brown patina. 28mm, 11.8gms
Ex: @Brian Bucklan
#117


Roman Empire:
Poppea
Nero billon tetradrachm of Alexandria Egypt, r. bust of Poppea, LI ry.10 63-64AD
Milne 217, RPC 5275
obv. Radiate head of Nero right
rev. Draped bust of Poppea right, LI before
diameter: 23mm
weight: 12.8g
NOT on RIC Rarity list - Provincial


Roman Empire
Messalina
Claudius (41 - 54 A.D.)
EGYPT ALEXANDRIA
Billon Tetradrachm
O: TI KLAUDI KAIS SEBA GERMANI AUTOKR, laureate head of Claudius right, LΓ (date) before.
R: MESSALI-NA KAIS SEBAS, Messalina standing facing, head left, leaning on draped column, holding figures of two children in extended right hand and cradling two grain ears in left arm.
Year 42 - 43 A.D.
13.1g
25mm
RPC I 5131
Ex: @Mat
NOT on RIC Rarity list - Provincial


Roman Empire
Magnia Urbica
Rome Silbersud-Antoninianus 285 AD
Catalog: RIC 343
Material: bronze
Weight: 3.40 g
Diameter: 23.00 mm
Silvered-Antoninian of Magnia Urbica, coined 285 AD in Rome.
Obv: Drap. Bust on crescent n. Right, wears Diadem MAGNIA VRBICAE AVG
Rev: Venus on the left, holding apple and scepter, at the foot of a shield VENVS GENETRIX
Ref: excellent RIC 343, C.17 rare
#133

 

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Great coins, one I like most is the Magnia Urbica, whom I still need.

 

Very nice, Alegandalf! I like the Antonia best but they're all good.

I should collect more ancient women, since I am an ancient a middle-aged woman

Here's a smattering of Severan shes from my collection:

The matriarch:

Julia Domna
AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h. Rome mint
Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right
Rev: Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons
Ref: RIC IV 549 (Septimius Severus); RSC 35
ex R.H. Collection

Sister of Julia Domna, mother of Julia Mamaea and Julia Soaemias, grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander:

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta
CE 218-224/5
AE 27, 12.71g (11h)
Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue
Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408

Daughter of Julia Maesa and mother of Severus Alexander:

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea
year 13, CE 233/4
tetradrachm, 24 mm, 14.36 gm
Obv: IOVMAMAIACEBMHTECEKCTPA; Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: Serapis enthroned left, holding scepter, extending his right hand toward Cerberus seated at his feet; on throneback, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; L IΓ (date) to left, palm frond to right
Ref: Emmett 3226.13 (R4); Köln 2540; Dattari (Savio) 4517; K&G 64.119

 

Wow, those are amazing coins, Gandalf (and TIF) ...

Ummm, I wasn't sure what scratch four flat-tops meant, so I merely did what I usually do ... ignored it and posted my Roman women anyway ...



Julia Titi

Sabina

Faustina-I

Faustina-II

Lucilla

Crispina

Julia Domna

Plautilla

Julia Paula

Orbiana

 

Julia Mamaea

Tranquillina

Otacila Severa

Herennia Etruscilla

Salonina

Severina

Magnia Urbica

Galeria Valeria

 

Aelia Eudoxia AE3




"19" ... ummm, that may be it?

 

Glad I'm not the only one in the dark.

The only Flattop I know is the one who come groovin' up slowly

 

Oooow, I get it ... I guess you were merely saying that you "ticked-off" four more Roman Women, eh?

http://formerspook.blogspot.ca/2008/05/scratch-one-flattop.html

cheers

 

@TIF Famous line in Battle of Coral Sea during WWII. Critical Aircraft Carrier battle between US and Japan. One of the famous lines when the first Japanese carriers was badly damaged "Scratch one flat-top!" By a US bomber pilot.

Flat-top = aircraft carrier.

 

Love the Midway quote! Oh, and the coins!

 

Awesome coins....and in a dejavu moment, I almost used that famous but obscure phrase last month when I got four Indian coins in the mail, but decided not to go there to avoid being accused of being anti-Japanese by someone oversensitive.

 

Those are four nice new acquistions! I hardly ever buy empresses, but just had to pick this one up. A recent purchase which hasn't arrived yet, but hopefully it'll get here this week.


AQUILIA SEVERA
2nd and 4th wife of Elagabalus
AR Denarius. 2.93g, 20mm. Rome mint, AD 220-222. RIC 226. O: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; lit altar to left; star in right field.

 

Very nice coins Alegandron! All those coins and you are just now getting into women?


Phrygia, Acmoneia. Salonina
Obv: KOP. CALWNINA / CEB. Diad. amd dr. bust r.
Rev: AKMONEWN. Four ears of grain bound together.
Von Aulock 3385


Moesia Inferior, Tomis. Plautilla AE25 Dionysos
AE25. Obv. ΦOYΛ ΠΛAYTIΛΛA ΣЄB. Plautilla bust right. Rev. MHTPO ΠONT TOMЄΩC. Tetrastyle temple with statue of Dionysos with cup and thyrsos. Moushmov 1995.


Mesopotamia, Nisibis. Julia Mamaea AE26 Aries
Julia Mamaea of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. Laureate head right / Turreted, veiled bust of Tyche right, ram (Aries) above.


Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Julia Mamaea AE26.

Obv: IOYLIA MAMAIA CEB. Bust of Julia Mamaea r.
Rev: MAGNHTWN E - PI GRA TYXIK, in l. and r. field O - Y. Apollo Kitharoedes standing r., clad in long chiton, holding lyre and plectrum.
Grammatikos TYXIKOC.

 

It's gorgeous! Unusual hairstyle; incredibly detailed reverse

 

LOL, I never have a problem stating truth and fact.

 

Gorgeous coins! Well done.

In my book, no matter what age we are, we all reference ourselves in our minds from when we were all approx 20 years old. Ergo, Middle-aged woman = Bodacious Babe!

 

Thanks to Steve for posting Severina. Who wants to tell us why she may be more significant than some of the other women shown here?

 

Bunch of great coins everybody. Saw a few that are on my want list.
I'll spare everyone the 4 ladies I have, they've been posted quite a bit recently.

 

She may have been the defacto ruler of the empire for a short period of time after hubby Aurelian died.

 

Julia Domna


Julia Maesa


Plautilla