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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3958435, member: 85693&quot;]Very interesting.&nbsp; These imitations are really starting to grow on me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope it&#039;s okay if I throw in a non-Faustina, my only &quot;barbaric lady&quot; - a Julia Domna with an implausible reverse - my attribution notes come Roman Collector in my original post (thanks again, RC!).&nbsp; This one too is a bit on the heavy side. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042742[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ (?) Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 196-211 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Unknown Mint</b></p><p>IVLIA AVGVSTA bust right / IMP[ERII FELI]CITAS, standing female facing, head right, holding grain or thunderbolt (?) in left hand, column or altar to right (?)</p><p>Unattributed &quot;Limes&quot; or barbaric imitation.</p><p>(3.36 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...reverse type is IMPERII FELICITAS. It clearly begins IMPER and ends in CITAS.</p><p>However, the goddess here clearly holds a branch, whereas Felicitas holds a caduceus on the only Severan issue with this reverse type, a denarius of Caracalla, RIC 9 (Rome), RIC 331 (Eastern mint). That type depicts Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and child on left arm.&quot; (RC, Coin Talk)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-a-very-ugly-denarius-id-help-please.331780/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-a-very-ugly-denarius-id-help-please.331780/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-a-very-ugly-denarius-id-help-please.331780/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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