A new Lady of Rome - Julia Domna

This delightful Denarius came in the mail today. I was wanting another reverse type, but this one just spoke to me somehow. The seller had it attributed as RIC 574, but to me it looks like RIC 572, am I wrong?

Anyway, here is the coin:

 

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Great portrait!

 

I agree it looks like 572. Nice coin!

 

i vote 572 as well...nice julia!

 

Yours is a nice example of RIC 572. You should be delighted.

RIC 572


RIC 574


573 is listed with the legend of 572 and hand position of 574. The footnote says it was listed by Cohen from a base denarius. I have no idea if it exists. The note to RIC 574 mentions existence of a barbarous example but my barbarous coin is a 572.

 

I love the reverse of that barbarous 572 Doug, the figure of Pietas looks like she belongs in an episode of The Simpsons.

Thank you for such a comprehensive answer to my question.

 

The Simpsons have been on the air for a long time but I did not know Julia was a fan.

 

I am sure that is Lisa Simpson on the reverse.

 

Great OP coin with a different style portrait. Congrats.

 

Thank you Bing. When this coin was minted Julia had not yet reached 35 years of age and her life was still one of presumed happiness. In the years to come she would lose her husband, see her elder son murder her younger son, get breast cancer, have her elder son murdered, lose her position of prominence, fear for her safety and decide to starve herself to death. But that was all years away. When this coin was made she had it all, yet to me her portrait seems somber and matronly, almost as if she knew the calm could not last.

 

Thats a killer denarius!

 

Lovely. A few of mine.

 

Congrats, Aethelred => that's a mighty sweet Julia Domna you've got there!!

Oh, and great thread additions by the coin-gang!!

This is my only example of Julia-D ... she seems a bit pissed off

Julia Domna, Augusta, AR Antoninianus
193-217 AD
Julia Domna & Luna with Biga

 

Great OP coin with an interesting portrait style. Here is another RIC 572 where she looks a lot happier than in stevex6's. I think the legend on stevex6's means it was struck under the fratricidal Caracalla which would make any mother grumpy.

 

Judging from the examples here, 572 seems to have been a well-produced issue. Great OP coin, as are all the others shown. Mine, from earlier this year. A portrait of a young woman, or even a girl.

 

I'll drag this one out again....

 

Pish => man, I always love seeing that coin being dragged-out!!

 

@stevex6 is your avatar appropriate? She looks a little young to be a beer lover

 

It's the North ... it's kinda like antifreeze