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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4984619, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;m pleased as punch to have been the successful bidder on this denarius from today&#039;s Naumann auction. Happily there was little competition. I, like [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER], am interested in the eastern mint issues of this empress.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse features <i>Liberalitas,</i> the personification of the Roman virtue of generosity, whom I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/liberalitas.328632/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/liberalitas.328632/">discussed a few years back</a>. <i>Liberalitas</i> is depicted on coins as a female figure wearing a <i>modius</i> on her head and holding a <i>tessera</i> in one hand and a <i>cornucopiae</i> in the other. The <i>tessera </i>was a square tablet furnished with a handle, on which was arrayed a certain number of holes or compartments. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins for distribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>In years past, Emesa was thought to have been the place of mintage. In recent years, however, this has been reexamined and any number of cities in Syria have been proposed, including the possibility of a traveling mint. It&#039;s best to defer judgment at this time and simply assign it to an uncertain eastern mint. The coin bears Julia&#039;s earliest obverse legend, IVLIA DOMNA AVG, in use until AD 196, when it was supplanted by IVLIA AVGVSTA.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197536[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Julia Domna, AD 193-217. </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 2.94 g, 19 mm, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Uncertain eastern mint, AD 193-196. </font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust of Julia Domna, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: LIBERAL AVG, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding tessera in right hand and cornucopiae in left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 627; BMCRE 418-419; Cohen/RSC 103; RCV 6591; CRE 366.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><i>Post your Severan coins of the &quot;Emesa&quot; mint, coins depicting Liberalitas, or anything you feel is relevant! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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