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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8068837, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a related coin I hadn&#039;t yet shown-- Aphrodite on the reverse.&nbsp; This one will probably make my top ten for the year <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not rare per Emmett but that is based on museums and other collections.&nbsp; It is certainly not common in the marketplace, with only 5 on ACsearch plus one from Naville, which is not in ACsearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t a bare-bottomed Venus but Aphrodite is the Greek equivalent of Venus, more or less, and some elements of the iconography are the same <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; On this coin, her shield reads &quot;ΔVNAMIC&quot; (dynamic;:strength or power) and she is holding a helmet-- akin to Venus Victrix. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399086[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Faustina II</b></p><p>RY 5 of Marcus Aurelius (164/5 CE)</p><p>BI tetradrachm, 14 mm, 12.47 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ΦAVCTINA CEBACTH; draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Aphrodite standing facing, head left, holding helmet and shield inscribed ΔV/NA/MIC (in three lines) on short column; Є / L (date) in lower left field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RPC IV.4 online 14071; Dattari 3606; Emmett 2272.5</p><p><i>Ex Dionysos Numismatik 1/16</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Not Faustina, but I love this Domna Venus and so will show it whenever there is an opportunity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domnavenusdenarius-rt-jpg.829904/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Julia Domna</b></p><p>Augusta, 193-217 CE</p><p>AR denarius, 17 x 19 mm, 2.72 gm</p><p>Rome mint; struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196</p><p>Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: VENERI VICTR; Venus standing right, back facing, leaning upon column to left, holding palm frond and apple</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 536 (Septimius Severus); RSC 194</p><p>Formerly slabbed; NGC net grade XF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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