I had been lucky with my women of Rome set and filled some of the holes and im over half way finished with the set with 17 pieces so far. Diva Faustina I (wife of A. Pius) Æ As. Rome, AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVG[VSTA], Vesta standing left, holding palladium and scepter; S-C across fields. RIC 1179 (Pius). Mesembria, Gordian III and Tranquillina, Demeter reverse Æ 27mm/12.9gm Con/ VF+; glossy dark green patina, strike crack @ 7 o'clock Obv/ AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CEB / TPANKYΛ[ΛINA]; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, on the left, facing draped bust of Tranquillina, on the right. Rev/ MECAMBPIANΩN; Demeter standing front, head to left, holding grain ear in her right hand and scepter with her left hand. Ref/ Varbanov 4188 Theodora. Died before AD 337. Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 337-340. FL MAX THEO-DORA AVG, mantled bust right, wearing elaborately coiffed hair / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head right, holding child to breast; CONS•. RIC VIII 36 (variant); LRBC 1050.F. Aelia Flaccilla Æ2, Constantinopolis Mint Wife of Theodosius I, struck c. 383-388 AD Æ2; 21mm/5.8gm Con/ VF, glossy dark brown patina; a gem in hand! Obv/ AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG; draped bust r., with elaborate headdress, earring, necklace and mantle. Rev/ SALVS REI-PVBLICAE; Victory seated right, inscribing a christogram on shield set on narrow column.; T in r. field CON[E] in exergue. Ref/ RIC Vol IX 8 and then I also ended up with an extra. Licinius Æ Nummus. Arelate, AD 319. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG, emperor holding sceptre and thunderbolt, reclining on back of eagle standing right, head reverted; PARL in exergue. RIC 196. 2.89g, 20mm, 12h.
Nice coins! I like the Faustina I middle bronze with Vesta. I don't have that particular coin in my collection, but I do have the sestertius version: I also particularly enjoy the Gordian III and Tranquillina. I really like dual-portrait coins. Here's the only Gordian III/Tranquillina coin I have from Mesembria. It features Apollo on the reverse: Your small bronze of Theodora features her distinctive Constantinople mint hairdo. Mine's from the Trier mint, which is of a completely different style even though it features the same legends and devices:
I have a list that I keep I need to add one other to it im sure some may flutter in. Sabina (Wife of Hadrian) Faustine I (Wife of Antoninus Pious) Faustine II (Wife of Marcus Aurelius) Lucilla (Wife of Lucius Verus) Crispina (Wife of Commodus) Didia Clara (Daughter of Didius Julianus) Julia Domna (Wife of Septimius Severus) Plautilla (Wife of Caracalla) Julia Paula (Wife of Elagabalus #1) Aquillia Severa (Wife of Elagabalus #2) Annia Faustina (Wife of Elagabalus #3) Julia Maesa (Sister of Julia Domna) Julia Soaemias (Mother of Elagabalus) Julia Mamaea (Mother of Severus Alexander) Orbiana (Wife of Severus Alexander) Paulina (Wife of Maximinus I Trax) Tranquillina (Wife of Gordianus III) Otacilla Severa (Wife of Philippus I) Herennia Etruscilla (Wife of Trajan Decius) Mariniana (wife of Valerianus I) Salonina (Wife of Gallienus) Severina (Wife of Aurelianus) Magnia Urbica (Wife of Carinus) Galeria Valeria (Wife of Galerius) Helena (Mother of Constantinus I) Theodora (Wife of Constantinus I) Fausta (wife of Constantinus I) Aelia Flaccilla (Wife of Theodosius I) Aelia Eudoxia (Wife of Arcadius) Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia (Wife and Daughter of Nero)(only one coin made)
i've got 10 of the ladies coins so far and really i just in the last year or so started really collecting them..i had a Nero/Poppea Alexandria picked out but it got away from me(darn it!)..some are really hard to come by, but its a worthy collection goal.
There are quite a few that appear before Sabina. Some are very rare; some appear only on provincial coins: Fulvia, third wife of Marc Antony Octavia, fourth wife of Marc Antony Julia, daughter of Augustus Livia, wife of Augustus, mother of Tiberius (some coins attributed to her may actually depict Vipsania) Livilla, wife of Drusus (some coins attributed to her may actually depict Vipsania) Antonia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus; mother of Claudius Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus; mother of Caligula Caesonia, wife of Caligula (some coins attributed to her may merely depict Salus) Drusilla Minor, Daughter of Caligula Julia Livilla, Sister of Caligula Claudia Antonia, Daughter of Claudius Valeria Messalina, Third wife of Claudius Agrippina II, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero Claudia Octavia, first wife of Nero Poppaea Sabina, second wife of Nero Statilia Messalina, third wife of Nero Vitellia, daughter of Vitellius Domitilla the elder, first wife of Vespasian, mother of Titus and Domitian Domitilla the younger, daughter of Vespasian Julia Titi, daughter of Titus Domitia, wife of Domitian Plotina, wife of Trajan Marciana, sister of Trajan Matidia, daughter of Marciana, niece of Trajan And then there are some after Sabina you have omitted (admittedly rare and expensive). A few appear only on provincial coins Titiana, wife of Pertinax Manlia Scantilla, wife of Didius Julianus; mother of Didia Clara Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian Dryantilla, wife of Regalianus Constantia, wife of Licinius I There are these women from the Western Roman Empire: Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I Honoria, sister of Valentinian III Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II; wife of Valentinian III Aelia Euphemia, Wife of Anthemius Alypia, daughter of Anthemius and Aelia Euphemia There are additional women you have omitted from the Eastern Roman Empire: Aelia Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II Aelia Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II Aelia Verina, wife of Leo I Aelia Ariadne, wife of Zeno Aelia Zenonis, wife of Basiliscus
Thanks for the other names. I will see what im able to get based off these. I did find at auction a Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia (Wife and daughter Commemorative type coin. Evidently the wife and mother died in birth but there are evidently rumors that he killed them. here is the information I could obtain on this Claudia was the daughter of Nero and Poppaea Sabina, Nero's second wife, who died during infancy in AD 63. Suetonius claims that Poppaea was expecting another child in AD 65, when she was kicked to death by the emperor (Life of Nero, 35.3). Both Cassius Dio and Tacitus support the claim that Nero killed his wife, though the bias of all three historians against Nero casts doubt over the reliability of their accounts. Indeed, Poppaea may have died of natural causes perhaps related to childbirth, a theory supported by the bestowal of divine honours upon her after her death, and that state funeral that she was afforded. This coin proclaims the divine honours bestowed on both women and is part of the only issue struck in the name of Claudia. I also obtained at the same auction Philip I and Otacilia Severa Æ29 of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-249. AYT M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ M ѠTAKIΛ CЄBHPA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip right, facing diademed and draped bust of Otacilia left / MECAMBPIANΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsos. Varbanov 4237. 12.30g, 29mm, 7h.
Wow! That Philip and Otacilia provincial is astonishingly well-struck! No wonder the flan split during striking! Gorgeous!
Seems like an opportunity to add Cleopatra VII Philopator who lived in Rome for three years, had affairs with Caesar and Marc Antony, and was mother of Caesarion.
