A new Lady of Rome - Julia Domna

Lovely PIETAS Michael, congrats
Only have a Felicitas and Vesta coin.

 

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Great Julia Domnas gang!

@dougsmit through @John Anthony sales got me into Julia Domna... Probly @Mat is responsible due to his love for the Empresses. Now, I have a plethora of them...

My First one:

RI Julia Domna 193-195 CE AR Den Vesta Palladium


RI AR Den Julia Domna 200 CE Felicitas Isis Horus RIC 577


RI AR Den Julia Domna 193-217 CE VENER VICT Venus RIC IVa p176

I like this one being BRONZE...

RI Julia Domna 196-211 CE AE As Hilaritas cornuc RIC IVa 877

And, hey, in keeping with the recent silly infatuation with Zombies:
My FOUREE:

RI Julia Domna 194-217 Fouree AR Plated Den Isis Horus (I have the REAL version pictured above... That was a cool coincidence to capture them both at different times and places!)

 

I love the coinage of Julia Domna! At the moment I have this lovely denarius with Hilaritas...



A previous favorite with Cybele seated...



If I had all the money in the world, I would assemble a ruler set with some of the rarest and most unusual coins of each ruler. For JD I would look for one of these Koinon of Cyprus bronzes. The reverse is the Temple of Isis at Paphos...

 

ooooooh, yeah... I'd love one of those

This year I picked up my most desired Domna Imperial type. It's definitely going on my 2016 Favorites list.


Julia Domna
AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h. Rome mint
Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right
Rev: Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons
Ref: RIC IV 549 (Septimius Severus); RSC 35
ex R.H. Collection
This was a tough coin to photograph. It is very reflective. Perhaps the images I took without reflections show the details better, but I like having some brightness in the fields.

 

There have been many nice coins posted on this thread above. Most were Rome mint but there were a few Easterns. I will post a group showing the mints as commonly attributed (there may be changes someday --- soon? --- if certain scholars get in the publishing mood). My chart is a bit heavy in Easterns but it is, after all, my chart and I am a fan of the branch mints. Earlier styles are above later coins from the same mint (as I understand it) but Rome covers nearly 5 times the date span of the shorter lived Eastern mints so you can not compare coins next to each other and be seeing coins issued at the same time. Part of me thinks I should have used some uglier style coins (especially from Rome where there are so many variations) but this chart is too large already. All are denarii except for the two marked tetradrachm and antoninianus. Click on the image to get a larger view.

 

Here's my example of 572:



and of 574:

 

WOW!! What a terrific variety of posts!!!