Not the most FLATTERING image of Pudicitia

This otherwise attractive denarius of Julia Domna features a rather ghastly-looking Pudicitia, who looks as though she were wearing a gas-mask. Truly hideous:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 17.6 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 211.
Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia veiled and stolate, seated left, head and torso facing, right hand on breast and left hand resting on chair and holding scepter.
Refs: RIC 385; BMCRE 19; Cohen 165 (error); RSC 172a; RCV 7105; Hill 1298; CRE 383; ERIC II 210.
Notes: Ex E. Button, Frankfurter Münzhandlung 114, lot 619, Dec. 5, 1967. Ex CNG Triton XX, lot 614 E053, Jan. 9, 2017.



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Artemis on the reverse on this one isn’t creepy at all.

 

Sia!...she has a lovely voice though!

 

"Previously, on AMC's The Walking Dead..."

 

I won't show this coin to my small children before they go to bed.

 

LOL

 

Have I misunderstood the subject of this thread ???

 

Pudicitia had gone too far with her shy habits. I'd better watch Venus from then on.

 

Show a really nice full facing head (obverse or reverse). There r nice 3/4 views but full face usually look bad when made and worse when worn.

 

Helios and his attendant remind me of dancing windsock people.
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Galeria Valeria. Not exactly a comely Venus.





For that matter Galeria's portrait is a bit strange.

 

The following coin humiliates the great goddess Athena as well as Empress Julia Domna. I dislike to post. But I have no choice. The thread is this thread.

 

Out-of-shape Jupiter... Caracalla isn't looking his best, either.

 

Exactly what I think of whenever I look at this coin.

 

This thread is off the rails hilarious!
I can't tell if the OP reverse reminds me more of Cthulhu or the flying spaghetti monster???



Excellent coins!

Here's one that no matter how many times I think about cleaning I cannot.
The placement of the dirt appearing to be exciting right under Nemesis dairy air is just to hilarious for me to remove:


Vespasian

(AD 69-79), AR Denarius (19mm, 2.95g), struck AD 73. IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS ,laureate head facing right / PONTIF MAXIM , Nemesis advancing right, pointing a caduceus at a snake below. RIC 544; BMC 97. Former Kairos Numismatik

Though if you want a coin that just gives me the heebie jeebies, here she is:



Antiochos I Soter

Seleukid Kingdom (281-261 BC). AE (15mm, 2.49g). Smyrna or Sardes. Helmeted head of Athena facing / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond, Monogram to outer left. SC 315a; HGC 9, 167.
Former: Kairos

 

I posted this in another thread, but the Goddess is described as very beautiful. Unfortunately, she was depicted during the archaic period of coin manufacturing...

DALI

Kolchis 5th-4th C BCE BI hemidrachm 11.5mm 1.8g Archaic female head - Georgian goddess Dali - Bull head border SNG Cop 98

She was the Hunting Goddess of the Kolchis / Colchis area (think Jason and the Golden Fleece). She was described as a beautiful nude woman with golden hair and glowing skin...

(She is not nude here...)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_(goddess)

http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/rep_georgia/colchis.html

 

Is the poor goddess covering or uncovering her face?
Herennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius. AR Antoninianus (4.68 gm). Obv: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, on crescent. Rev: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated left, holding transverse scepter and drawing veil. RIC IV 59b (Decius); RSC 19.

 

Looks like he can't hold it much longer!

...I meant the pose...what were you thinking!!!