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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7839555, member: 85693&quot;]Do moms count as &quot;empresses&quot;?&nbsp; Here is my latest - a denarius of Julia Soaemias - mother of Elagabalus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348314[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Julia Soaemias&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding apple and scepter; at her feet, child standing right.</p><p>RIC 243; BMC 55-60; RSC 14.</p><p>(2.72 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...the coin’s reverse depicts Venus Caelestis, the Roman equivalent of Carthaginian goddess Dea Caelesis, who was wedded to Elagabal (courtesy of Elagabalus) as part of a parallel ritual wherein the young Augustus married the noblewoman Annia Faustina. This ceremony intended – and failed - to ameliorate the chaotic imperial situation.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.collectors-society.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectors-society.com" rel="nofollow">www.collectors-society.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my only Faustina I lifetime denarius - not the best peacock ever rendered on a Roman coin, that&#039;s for sure:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348315[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 138-141 A.D.) (Lifetime)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; draped bust right. / IVNONI REGINAE; throne, draped, sceptre against it; below peacock with tail spread.</p><p>RIC 339a; RSC 219.</p><p>(2.68 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Apr. 2018[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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