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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2510042, member: 19463&quot;]I never come on a thread until most things worth posting have been shown but I do have a few dozen of these so...</p><p>While we saw a scarce Julia Titi, the tyoe also come in Titus where it is common.&nbsp; Worthy of note is the fact that Flavians show Venus holding a statue while Severans have an apple/ball.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533697[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At Rome, Julia Domna has several styles separated by width of Venus&#039; rear but fewer people notice the three major drapery differences.&nbsp; About equally common are those with drapery that passes under her bottom extending down either on the left or the right (be careful not to confuse the end of the palm with right side drapery) but only scarce denarii show the dangling drapery on both sides.&nbsp; The three coins below show these variations:</p><p>Left only</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Right only</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533701[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Both</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533700[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However gold coins of Rome regularly have the drapery on both sides as shown on the Coinboy cover.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also coins of the Eastern mints regularly show both sides.&nbsp; There are many variations from Emesa with earlier coins using the same legend used at Rome VENERI VICTR.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533706[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit later VICTR was replaced by VICTOR</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533708[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A few rare coins show the reverse spelled out VENERI VICTRICI.&nbsp; On this one the first I is weak but it is there.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a normal reverse but the obverse is spelled IVLA.&nbsp; Oddly, this spelling shows up at both Emesa and Alexandria.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have a Julia of this reverse from Alexandria but I do have something a great deal more rare.&nbsp; This is Alexandria with Venus and Septimius Severus.&nbsp; I really want to see other examples of this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533714[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RC showed a sestertius so I&#039;ll show an as as my tenth and last allowable image here.&nbsp; Mine has both draperies.&nbsp; My sestertii both match RC&#039;s in having right side only.&nbsp; I have not noted one with left only but I have not searched in earnest. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]533722[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Did I mention I liked this type?&nbsp; Was there a statue?&nbsp; Certainly.&nbsp; Was the original helmet removed and replaces sometime after Titus?&nbsp; Probably.&nbsp; Was the statue destroyed during the time of Domna and replaced with the dressed, front facing Venus we see commonly after that?&nbsp; That is a theory I can&#039;t prove one way or the other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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