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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2862010, member: 82194&quot;]Julia Domna is the first Empress I&#039;ve added to my small collection.&nbsp; The female types are quite interesting to me with the variation in hair styles and effigies.&nbsp; Mine falls into that second period with the IVLIA AVGVSTA obverse, but she looks rather young here to me. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://old.vcoins.com/ancient/pegasi/store/catalog/141B378.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="2">JULIA DOMNA, wife of Severus, (d. 217). AR Denarius. Rome, AD 196-211.</font></p><p><font size="2">Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="2">Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS - Isis standing right, left foot on prow, nursing infant Horus held at her breast, rudder resting against altar behind.</font></p><p><font size="2">19.05mm, 3.37g. Toned aXF</font></p><p><font size="2">RIC IV 577 (Septimus Severus), RSC 174</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty awesome to trace your dupondis back to Clarence Sweet Bement - he was a Mineral collector first and foremost. J.P. Morgan bought the mineral collection in 1901 for $100,000 and donated it to the American Museum of Natural History.</p><p><br /></p><p>The catalogue entry and plate photo for your coin if you have not seen it yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]681966[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]681969[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kundig_naville1924_06_25?ui_lang=eng" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kundig_naville1924_06_25?ui_lang=eng" rel="nofollow">Catalogue de monnaies romaines antiques: en or, argent et bronze ; composant la collection de feu Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphie (U.S.A.) ; dont la vente aura lieu aux enchères publiques les 25, 26, 27 et 28 juin 1924 dans les salles de l&#039;Hôtel Schweizerhof à Lucerne (Suisse) (Katalog Nr. 8) — Genève, 1924</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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