This coin is not pretty but it fills a gap in my Sestertius gallery and didn´t cost more than 100 USD which may be the minimum cost that one can seriously expect. DIVA PAVLINA - Veiled and draped bust of Paulina right CONSECRATIO S C - Paulina, holding sceptre in left hand and raising right hand, seated left on peacock flying right Sestertius, Rome 236 a.D. 28 mm / 13,58 gr RIC 3, Cohen 3, BMCRE 132, Banti 1 (52 Specimens) Although Paulina’s name is not mentioned by any of the ancient writers, the numismatic evidence is quite sufficient to prove that her coins must have been struck by Maximinus Thrax (235-238 AD) which would mean that she most likely was his wife and probably the mother of the Caesar Maximus, even though from her facial features one would rather assume that she was the mother, sister or daughter of Maximinus. A provincial bronze issue in her name from the Cilician mint of Anazarbus actually bears a date corresponding to the year 235/6 AD. Like her Roman issues this coin is posthumous, but it does accord her the imperial title of Augusta suggesting that she was still alive at the time of her husband's accession but died shortly afterward. The single surviving stone inscription in which she is mentioned (CIL x. 5054) gives a fuller version of her name and titles, Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia Augusta. Please show your Paulinas!
Heh, I took a nibble at that one early on for about $30. She's still a hole for me, and probably will be for a while!
Yes, unfortunately it is modern. I believe you can find on obverse and reverse match in Prokopov's database. @Julius Germanicus Nice to catch one of her Sestertius at all! congrats!
A good score at 100 bucks @Julius Germanicus You asked : Paulina, Denarius - Rome mint AD 236 DIVA PAULINA, Veiled and draped bust of Paulina right CONSECRATIO, Paulina on peacock flying 3.3 gr Ref : RCV #8400, Cohen #2 Q
Wow, your Paulina is playing in a whole different league than mine! This is one of those rare coins where she is actually quite attractive looking! One must think that the celators had no portrait whatsoever of hers when they prepared the dies so they went for a female version of Maximinus including THAT chin
Yes. All her coins are CONSECRATIO--after her death--which suggests she died before Maximinus became emperor. That is the likely explanation for why there were no portraits to copy. Also, the emperor was not in Rome and it is possible the artists had never seen him, much less her.
