Beautiful ladies of Rome

lol, i'd saw one like it for sale from there, i would love to have one.. and she does have a nice tan ^^

 

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MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right, resting on crescent VENVS VICTRIX, Venus st. left, holding helmnet and sceptre, leaning on shield Ticinum MagniaUrbica Ex. SXXIT

22mm, 3.25gr, Die 0

5th emission Aug.283.

 

Thanks to everyone who's participated! This has been a great thread ! Some superb coins out there...

I'm going to make a REALLY difficult decision here and give a first,second and third choice based purely on MY perception of beauty...

3rd...@severusAlexander....Sabina (Nice neck)

2nd..@Romancollector.....plautilla (exotic Eastern)

1st.. @Ancient Joe...Faustina junior (She was a beauty!)

Anyone else want to put up their top three?

Interestingly I read that in general the Roman noble women had their hair cut short or even shaved ,covered by a skull cap skull cap, this allowed them to use different styles of wigs sometimes changing their appearance 3 or 4 times a day!?

Thanks again to all, show us your top 3!

Paul

 

Yay!!!




Here's my entry for the goddesses competition. (Not the gorgon...)

 

One of my favorite ladies, poor girl.

 

Anybody post Aelia Flaccilla yet? She was cute in her own LRB way!


Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386
Roman AE Maiorina (AE 2), 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm
Antioch, AD 383-386
Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, r.
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated r., inscribing chi-rho onto shield. T in field r, ANTЄ in exergue.
Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747.

 

..now ya did it... and she looked like she was already mad.><

 

Not every empress would have win a beauty contest if we consider their portraits on coins. However some engravers succeeded at capturing some artistic expression


Antonia, As commemorative issue by Claudius
ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP, Claudius standing left, holding simpulum. SC in field
11,37 gr
Ref : RCV #1902, Cohen #6



Plautilla, Denarius Rome mint, AD 202-205
PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right, with hair fasten in a bun
CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and sceptre
3,43 gr
Ref : RCV -, Cohen #2
Ex Barry Murphy collection



Julia Maesa, Denarius Rome mint AD 218-220
IVLIA MAESA AVG, Bust of Maesa right
IVNO, Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre
3.48 gr
Ref : RCV #7750, Cohen #16

Q

 

I like your Antonia @Cucumbor - nice coin - here is mine:

 

My Magnia Urbica

 

Great coins!
@Cucumbor..Lovely Julia Maesa!

Galeria Valeria AD 305-311, AE follis of Thessalonica.

Obverse > GAL VALE-RIA AVG, Diademed bust facing, head right, hair weaved in rows and curled around side of head at base of neck, wearing embroidered robes with two necklaces.

Reverse > VENERI V-ICTRICI,Venus standing facing, head left, apple in uplifted right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand. Star in left field,Gamma in right field.

Mintmark > dot SM dot TS dot. RIC VI Thessalonica 36; Officina 3, AD December 308- May 310.
Size: 27.63mm
Weight: 5.79 grams

Paul

 

maybe...
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/49304

 

Very nice; I'm convinced that particular portrait style was modeled after this exact statue in the Capitoline Museum in Rome:

 

@b v c x z....Thanks for posting and welcome to th forum...I'm new here too.

I'm no expert by far! But your coins don't seem to be ???...Where did you get them from??
Maybe some of the experts here will shut me up or maybe it's just the photos but they seem soft??? But again I stress I'm no expert and have been wrong many times..Maybe you can start a new thread and see what they say?
@RAGNAROK Thanks for the link REALLY interesting
@Roman Collector Thats a beautiful portrait!

Paul

 

Here's my latest...


Lucilla Denarius...165-169 AD Rome 2.64g...18mm RIC:784

Obverse- LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right

Reverse- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre.

Paul