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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2341565, member: 19463"]Of my Victories, I believe this Julia Domna of Emesa is the most rare. The specimen in the French National Collection in Paris was known to Cohen (C. 250) so it gets listed in later works that copy him. RIC lists it as a hybrid with reverse of Pescennius Niger but they do not list the type for either Niger or Septimius so calling the only known coin a hybrid seems a bit odd. I'm waiting for Martin to find another but until then I'll call it one of two known. I bought a 34 coin bulk lot on eBay to get it. I would love to see the Paris coin. The BNF website has many photos of Greek Imperial coins of Julia Domna but I am unable to find a link to anything Roman (in this case a denarius of the Emesa, Syria, mint. If any of you are in France and could guide me through their website to find an image of this coin, I would be most appreciative. </p><p>Julia Domna, AR denarius Emesa mint</p><p>IVLIADO MNAAVG</p><p>VICTOR IV ST AVG Victory <u>seated</u> left Cohen 250</p><p>The Cohen listing lacks the G on AVG on the reverse but my coin shows it weakly almost touching the groundline. I assume their coin is missing this area. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]475874[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2341565, member: 19463"]Of my Victories, I believe this Julia Domna of Emesa is the most rare. The specimen in the French National Collection in Paris was known to Cohen (C. 250) so it gets listed in later works that copy him. RIC lists it as a hybrid with reverse of Pescennius Niger but they do not list the type for either Niger or Septimius so calling the only known coin a hybrid seems a bit odd. I'm waiting for Martin to find another but until then I'll call it one of two known. I bought a 34 coin bulk lot on eBay to get it. I would love to see the Paris coin. The BNF website has many photos of Greek Imperial coins of Julia Domna but I am unable to find a link to anything Roman (in this case a denarius of the Emesa, Syria, mint. If any of you are in France and could guide me through their website to find an image of this coin, I would be most appreciative. Julia Domna, AR denarius Emesa mint IVLIADO MNAAVG VICTOR IV ST AVG Victory [U]seated[/U] left Cohen 250 The Cohen listing lacks the G on AVG on the reverse but my coin shows it weakly almost touching the groundline. I assume their coin is missing this area. [ATTACH=full]475874[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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