For the Ladies of Cointalk and the Phoenicians ...

First up, some Phoenicians:


PHOENICIA, Arados
Æ17, 5.8g, 6h; 3rd-2nd Centuries BC
Obv.: Turreted head of Tyche right.
Rev.: Prow left, with figurehead of Athena Promachos, date below.


Tyre, Phoenica
AE25, 12.5g; 12h; 2nd-1st Century BC
Obv.: Head of Heracles-Melqart right
Rev.: MHTPONΠOΛΕΩΝ; Club surmounted by monogram of Tyre, all within oak wreath

For the ladies:

My favorite first!


Faustina the Younger, Rome, AD 128-175
AE, 31mm, 23.72g; Rome mint
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; draped bust right wearing circlet of pearls
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S-C; Juno, veiled, standing left, holding patera & scepter; peacock standing left at feet, head reverted


Apameia, Phrygia; BC 133-148
AE, 6.73g, 23mm; 2h
Obv.: Bust of Athena right wearing high crested Corinthian helmet and aegis
Rev.: AΠAMEΩN; eagle alighting on base with meander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above

 

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JWT => thanks for posting those sweet coins ... it's nice to see you enjoying Faustina-II (she looks very happy living with you and your coins)

 

The goddess Pallor (Or so I think):



And Artemis

 

Severina is suggested to be the only Empress to rule the whole Roman Empire in her own right between Aurelians death and the election of Tacitus.
This coin suggests that she also had good relations with the army. An unusual reverse for an empress.

I thought it fitting for a ladies thread.

 

Since @stevex6 seems to like JWT's I thought I'd go ahead and pile this one in there.

 

Great coin, Smojo

JWT's comfy example used to be my coin (it was a not so Secret Santa gift)

 

That's quite an estrogen parade, everyone!

I've got many coins with various goddesses and a few empresses. Rather than post them all, here are couple of Phoenician coins with females


PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta
CE 218-224/5
AE 27, 12.71g (11h)
Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue
Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408

The next one struck me as unusual because the deity is portrayed so much larger than the emperor. Trajan is relegated to a visually less important role. I like it-- makes him seem humble Also, whether or not it was intentional by the engraver, it appears like a perspective with Astarte in the foreground and Trajan (appropriately smaller), in the background.


PHOENICIA, Arados
Trajan. CE 98-117
CY 375 (CE 116/7)
Æ22, 9.65 g
Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan
Rev: bull charging left
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374

 

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=> those are awesome examples, TIF (you have the prettiest coins)

 

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John