Egypt. Alexandria. Salonina AD 254-268. Billon-Tetradrachm 21 mm, 9,65 g Volume: X №: — (unassigned; ID 75575) Reign: Gallienus (sole reign) Persons: Salonina (Augusta) City: Alexandria Region: Egypt Province: Egypt Denomination: Tetradrachm Average weight: 9.76 g. Issue: Year 15 (AD 267/8) Obverse: ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ ϹΑΛωΝΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ; draped and diademed bust of Salonina, right Reverse: L ΙΕ; eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; to upper left, palm branch. Julia Soaemias. Augusta AD 218-222. Rome Denarius AR 17 mm, 2,53 g Julia Soaemias Denarius. 220-222 AD. IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus standing half-left, holding apple and sceptre, star in right or left field. RIC 241; Sear 7719; RSC 8a. Julia Soaemias Bassiana was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. Born: 180 AD, Homs, Syria Died: March 11, 222 AD (age 42 years), Rome, Italy Children: Elagabalus Grandchild: Severus Alexander Siblings: Julia Avita Mamaea Partner: Sextus Varius Marcellus Parents: Julia Maesa, Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus Please post yours, or any empress
Helena AE4, 1.87 g, 14.59 mm. Trier. 337-340 AD. Obverse: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, mantled bust right, hair elaborately dressed. Reverse: PA-X PV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse scepter cross in left field mintmark TRP in exergue. RIC VIII Trier 42; cf Sear 3910. Rated Scarce.
Nice coins, expat! I don't have a coin for either of those empresses. I'll share a coin of Julia Mamaea that looks much nicer in hand and was an unexpected pickup at auction. I'll also add a Herennia Etruscilla. I've gone after some nice coins of Helena on occasion at auction, but they always seem to go higher than I expect. Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 222-235. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and leaning on column; S-C across fields. RIC IV 676 (Alexander); C. 21; BMCRE 487 (Alexander). 24.27g, 30mm, 12h. Herennia Etruscilla (wife of T. Decius) AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 249-251. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, holding sceptre and drawing veil from face. RIC IV 59b; RSC 19. 3.88g, 23mm, 7h.
I've only got two Empresses in my collection Helena A.D. 318- 319 18mm 3.1g HELENA N F; draped bust right. REV: eight rayed ✶ in laurel wreath. in ex. TSA RIC VII Thessalonica 48 Ex-Failmezger Fausta A.D. 324- 326 19mm 3.1g FAVSTA N F; draped bust right. REV: eight rayed ✶ in laurel wreath. RIC VII Thessalonica 51
My most recent Salonina: AE 30 or Decassarion (=10 Assaria) Pamphylia, Perga 260 – 268 AD, struck under Gallienus’ sole reign 30 mm, 13.618 g SNG von Aulock 8528; SNG Pfalz 448-449; SNG France III 593; Paris 464. RPC X unassigned number; ID 62348). Ob.: A KOΡHHΛIA CAΛΩNINA CEB draped bust to r. on a crescent, wearing stephane; value mark I at right Rev.: ΠEΡΓ-AIΩN Tyche standing to l., holding steering-oar and cornucopia and my only other one: Antoninianus Rome, 264 - 265 AD; struck under the authority of Gallienus 18 mm, 2.805 g RIC V Salonina (2) 31; RSC 129a; RCV III 10660; Göbl 232b; Ob.: SALONINA AVG Bust of Salonina, draped, diademed, to r. on crescent Rev.: VENVS VICTRIX Venus, draped, standing to l. with shield, holding helmet in r. hand and scepter in l., at her feet, shield; no mint mark, no field marks During the sole reign of Gallienus, Antoniniani were minted for himself bearing the inscription GALLIENVS AVG and for his wife Salonina reading SALONINA AVG. The coins are of low weight and extremely debased, being coated with a thin layer of silvering, which, when intact, masked the debasement.
Plautilla She was the daughter of Caius Fulvius Plautianus, praetorian prefect and close friend of the emperor Septimius Severus. In 202 Plautianus married his daughter Plautilla to the young Caracalla (aged 14), co-emperor. She was very likely even younger than her husband, maybe 11 or 12 years old only. Fulvia Plautilla, AR denarius, Rome 202-205. Obv.: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right Rev.: PROPAGO IMPERI, togate Caracalla and Plautilla holding hands RIC IV (Caracalla) 362, RSC-21 Plautilla fell victim of the hatred between her father Plautianus and her mother in law Julia Domna. Plautianus tried to accuse Julia Domna of misconduct and debauchery, but the plot failed. Caracalla supported his mom and despised his wife Plautilla. When he was 16, in January 205, he had his father in law Plautianus executed for attempted treason and exiled Plautilla in the island of Lipari, where she was strangled in 211 after Septimius Severus' death. Here is Plautilla's dreadful mother-in-law :
