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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2676659, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s quite an estrogen parade, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got many coins with various goddesses and a few empresses.&nbsp; Rather than post them all, here are couple of Phoenician coins with females <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>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</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p>The next one struck me as unusual because the deity is portrayed so much larger than the emperor.&nbsp; Trajan is relegated to a visually less important role.&nbsp; I like it-- makes him seem humble <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; 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.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_850%2Ch_434%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg&amp;hash=9180c34a6417f944efff0f77ba342613" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Arados</b></p><p>Trajan. CE 98-117</p><p>CY 375 (CE 116/7)</p><p>Æ22, 9.65 g</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan</p><p>Rev: bull charging left</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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