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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7941654, member: 110350&quot;]These are great! I have quite a few coins, from various emperors, showing one cornucopiae (the formation I use as the singular, in accordance with Jones&#039;s <i>Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins</i>). Here&#039;s one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 22 (137/138 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiae in left; crocodile below; L KB (Year 22) in left field. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. III 6254 (2015); RPC III Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;</a> Emmett 879.22 [Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Milne 1569 [Milne, J., <i>A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum</i> (Oxford, 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay)]; Köln.1241 [Geissen, A., <i>Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen</i>, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)].&nbsp; 24 mm., 12.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, all my coins showing someone holding two cornuacopiae (or, if you prefer, one double cornucopiae) -- compare with the two crossed cornuacopiae type specifically referenced in the OP -- are Roman Imperial coins issued in the name of various empresses:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I [Senior] [wife of Antoninus Pius], AR Denarius 139-Oct 140 AD [lifetime issue], Rome Mint. Obv. Diademed and draped bust right, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Concordia standing left, holding patera with extended right hand and double cornucopiae with left arm, CONCORDIA AVG. RIC III 335 Antoninus Pius, RSC II 151, Sear RCV II 4668 (ill.), BMCRE 133, Dinsdale 008710 [Dinsdale, Paul H., <i>Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar AD 138-161: Antonine Coinage</i> (2018) at p. 99; photo at p. 100] [see <a href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Antoninus/04%20-%20Faustina%20I%20-%20Undated%20139-140%20%28med_res%29.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Antoninus/04%20-%20Faustina%20I%20-%20Undated%20139-140%20%28med_res%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Antoninus/04 - Faustina I - Undated 139-140 (med_res).pdf</a> pp. 10-11]. 19 mm., 2.84 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374747[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Aquilia Severa (second wife of Elagabalus), AR Denarius 220-222 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right/ Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopiae; star in lower right field. RIC IV-2 226 (Elagabalus); RSC III 2. 18 mm., 3.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sallustia Orbiana (wife of Severus Alexander) AR Denarius 225-227 AD. Rome mint. Special marriage emission of Severus Alexander, AD 225. Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane/&nbsp; Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC IV-2 319 (Sev. Alexander); RSC III 1, BMCRE 287 (Sev. Alexander). 19 mm., 3.5 g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374750[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR Antoninianus, 246-248 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent, M OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopiae, CONCORDIA AVGG. RIC IV-3 125(c), RSC IV-3 4, Sear RCV III 9147 (ill. p. 173).&nbsp; 22x25 mm., 4.5 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374752[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>An obvious question arises, which I don&#039;t believe has been addressed in this thread: are this kind of double cornuacopiae on Roman Imperial coins (or Provincial coins, if any) limited to coins of empresses, or does anyone know of any coins of emperors depicting them? If they are confined to empresses, does anyone know why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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