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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2509897, member: 75937&quot;]There are a number of coins that depict Venus in this fashion, presumably copied from a statue of Venus Victrix that was well-known and widely copied in antiquity. Here are examples from my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody know anything more about the particular statue these coins may have been modelled on. I vaguely remember an article in the Celator a long time ago about it, but I have no idea which issue it was in. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see examples by other members of this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533626[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>Roman AR denarius</p><p>Rome, AD 194, issue 4</p><p>18.05 mm, 2.42 gm</p><p>Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTR, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.</p><p>RIC-536; BMCRE-49; Sear-6608; Cohen-194; Hill-107</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533627[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>Roman AR denarius</p><p>Eastern Mint (Emesa?), AD 193-196</p><p>3.58 gm; 16.8 mm</p><p>Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: VENER VICTOP (sic), Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.</p><p>RIC-633; Cohen-189</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533628[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>Roman oricalchum sestertius</p><p>Rome, AD 194, issue 4</p><p>21.41 gm, 28.8 mm</p><p>Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTR SC, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.</p><p>RIC-842; BMCRE-488; Cohen-195; Sear-6631; Hill-113</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Titi</p><p>Roman AR denarius</p><p>Rome, AD 79-81</p><p>3.2 gm, 20.0 mm</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F, diademed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: VENVS AVGVST, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding helmet and scepter, resting l. elbow on column.</p><p>RIC-56; BMCRE-141; Sear-2612[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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