Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3139311, member: 75937&quot;]Dikaiosyne (Latin Aequitas) personifies equity and fairness, particularly in commercial affairs. Her attributes are scales and cornucopiae, or measuring rod, patera and branch.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin I&#039;ve had for a while, but I rephotographed it today. It has one of those hard-to-photograph, nearly black patinas. I like this because it&#039;s exceptionally well-centered and has complete legends on both sides. This was struck under two different consular legates: Julius Antonius Seleucus (AD 220-221) and Sergius Titianus (AD 221-222), which allow these coins to be dated with some certainty. I like how well Dikaiosyne is rendered -- the engraver was exceptionally talented.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like how the engraver has used dots to separate the words in the legends. Some of the dots are visible in the photo, but all noted in my description are visible in hand. I also like how the Cs are rendered in a block-like fashion, like an E without the middle bar. Unfortunately, there is no block-like C in Unicode to depict this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins with Dikaiosyne/Aequitas, Elagabalus and Maesa, or anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802268[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elagabalus, Augustus AD 218-222, with grandmother, Julia Maesa, Augusta AD 218-224/5.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 14.55 g, 28.4 mm, 12:00.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, under Legate Julius Antonius Seleucus, AD 220-221.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•ΑVΡΗ•ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC•ΙΟVΛΙΑ•ΜΑΙCΑ•ΑVΓ•, Laureate head of Elagabalus, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left.</p><p>Rev: VΠ•ΙΟV•ΑΝΤ•CΕΛΕVΚΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙ-ΤΩΝ, Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; E (5) in field, right</p><p>Refs: Moushmov --; AMNG 962; Varbanov 1620; Mionnet S. 2, 101, 273; similar to BMC 3. 36, 63.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in