Empress Julia Mamaea AR Denarius 228AD Rome Mint

obv. bust of Empress
rev. Felicitas with Caduceus
2.84g 20mm

 

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Very well detailed. I like it!

 

Great coin.

I went through many till I was happy with the one below.


Julia Mamaea (222 - 235 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right.
R:VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing left, head left, holding scepter and apple; at feet to left, Cupid standing right with hands raised.
Rome
3.6g
20mm
RIC 355 (Severus Alexander), RSC 072

 

My thanks to all of you, for getting me into this new area of Roman coinage.

 

hey....you know that isn't gold...right?

still great! the details are dang near perfect!

 

Well folks, after some of us have been clio'ed so many times at auctions, from now on we all have to prepare ourselves to be panzerman'ed in our respective fields of collecting, that's unfair !

Fantastic coin John, congrats
Q

 

Sweet OP-silver, panzerman ......

=> sadly, all I have is a bronze of this cool chick

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta
BI Tetradrachm
222-235 AD
Dated RY 11 of Severus Alexander (AD 231/2)
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 12.92 grams
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea right
Reverse: Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus; L A (date) behind, palm before
Reference: Köln 2526; Dattari (Savio) 4511; K&G 64.74; Emmett 3224

 

Thanks, I will be nice! Well, real reason is I am flat broke now, and still unemployed
I have to pay for my Sassanian Dinar/ Roma auctions
Hopefully, be back to work this week.
But to be serious for a moment, I really like these AR Denarius coins(you can get 100 for cost of ONE AV Aureus! How great is that!
John

 

Nice! I have one just like it.


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Mamaea is quite an "easy" empress to collect : not too many types that you couldn't consider putting them together in a lifetime, good quality in style and metals, with nice portraits and reverses, and affordable prices even in high grade so far.


Julia Mamea, denarius struck in Rome in AD 228
IVLIA MAMEA AVG, Draped and diademed bust of Mamea right
FELICITAS PUBLICA, Felicity standing left, holding a caduceus and leaning on a column
3.39 gr
Ref : Cohen #17, RCV #8209



Julia Mamaea, Sestertius Rome mint, AD 224
IVLIA MAMA EA AVGVSTA, Draped and diademed bust right
VENERI FELICI, Venus standing right, holding Cupid and a sceptre. SC in field
17.85 gr
Ref : RIC # 694, RCV # 8232, Cohen # 62

Q

 

This is an example of the only type of Mamaea using a portrait without a diadem. Juno Conservatrix is shown with a peacock. Mine is unusual in being an obverse die clash. I suspect that the reverse die that caused this damage was destroyed by the clash. The one here shows no damage.

 

Congrats @panzerman !! That's a wonderfully struck and fully detailed example.

Great posts all!!

I'll throw in another sestertius (LOVE the big bronzes LOL):

 

Thanks for all the neat Julia Mamaea photos/posts! I am back at work today, a bit sore....long time since I carried a Stihl 6000 Backpak Leaf Blower on my back for 10 hours straight.
John

 

"Work" is good for you. Glad I'm retired.

 

Bing....I agree 100 percent. It is not only good for being productive in society, also very healthy. The old saying, "use em or loose em" well physical work builds muscle cells, the coin hobby brain cells....

 

I think I've lost a lot of both.

 

What have we done!

 

MONSTER! We've created a monster!

 

Hey, hey, hey ... calm down everybody ... he's only collecting Imperials at the moment (give him some room)