Its My Birthday, Lets See Some Ladies

So its my 35th birthday, lets break out the pretty ladies, ancient or modern, dont matter.

 

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My congratulations, Mat!!!

 

Hm. Does he mean coins?

 

Lol, of course.

 

Happy birthday.

Let me get the ball rolling:-

Sabina Denarius
Obv:- SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust left
Rev:- VESTA, Vesta seated left holding palladium and scepter
Minted in Rome.
Reference:– BMC III 902. RIC II 398. RSC 14

 

Happy Birthday Mat, i know you love the Ancient ladies..
Here's a few of mine..

Sabina..128-136..AD.
Wife of Hadrian



Lucilla..
Wife of Lucius Verus



Aelia Flaccilla..379-386..AD..
Wife of Theodosius l

 

Congratulations !
Classical pinup with a bunch of flowers:

 

Here's Helena the empress...



And Helena Bonham Carter, who played the wickedly maniacal Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter moves. Was anybody else seriously turned on by her, or was it just me? Probably just me, lol...

 

You asked for it!! lol Let the marathon begin, low grades in all!!



Faustina I AE As. 138-161 AD, 10.6g, 27mm

OBV: DIVA FAV-STINA, Draped bust right.

REV: S-C in fields. Unknown figure.

 

Faustina II Denarius. 3.1g, 18mm

OBV: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Diademed & draped bust right.

REV: SALVS Salus seated left feeding from a patera a snake arising from an altar.

REF: RSC 195. RIC 714. Sear 5262.

 

Sabina denarius. 117-238 AD, 2.0g, 16mm

OBV: SABINA AVGVSTA, Diademed and draped bust right, hair in queue down neck.

REV: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre.

REF: RIC 395a, RSC 43, Sear (RCV 2000) 3921, BMC 940

 

Julia Domna Denarius. 2.7g, 18.28mm

OBV: IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right.

REV: HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing left with long palm resting on ground & holding cornucopiae.

REF: RSC 72. RIC 556. s1839

 

Julia Maesa AR Denarius. 2.6g, 20mm

OBV: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right.

REV: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, raising veil and holding scepter.

REF: RIC 268, RSC 36, BMC 76, Sear RCV 2000 - 7756

 

Julia Mamaea Denarius. 222-235 AD, 1.5g, 19mm

OBV: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, Diademed, draped, bust right.

REV: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing left holding apple and sceptre, cupid at feet.

REF: RIC 355, RSC 72.

 

Plautilla AR Denarius. 198-212 AD, 3.3g, 18mm

OBV: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves & drawn into bun at back.

REV: CONCORDIA AVGG Concordia, diademed, stg. half-left with patera & sceptre.

REF: RIC 363, RSC 1, BMC 411, Sear RCV 2000 - 7065

 

Mariniana AE Antoninianus 253-257 AD. 1.9g, 18mm

OBV: DIVAE MARINIANAE, Veiled & draped bust right on crescent.

REV: CONSECRATIO, Peacock flying right, carrying Mariniana, veiled, with raised hand & sceptre.

REF: RIC 6, RSC 16

 

Salonina AE Antoninianus. Rome mint, AD 260-268 (sole reign). 3.4g, 24mm

OBV: CORNEL SALONINA AVG, Diademed draped bust right on a crescent.

REV: FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas, standing left, holding cornucopiae, child at feet left, officina letter A to right.

REF: Sear 10633 var (obv. legend); Göbl 662s. RIC 5A

 

A modern one - Marshall Islands $5

 

Severina Silvered AE Antoninianus. 274-275 AD, Serdica, 2g, 21.31mm

OBV: SEVERINA AVG, Diademed, draped bust right on crescent.

REV: CONCORDIA AVGG, Aurelian and Severina clasping hands. KAD.

REF: Cohen 2, RIC 16

 

Theodora. AE4. 337-340 AD. Trier. 1.9g, 14mm

OBV: FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG, Bust right wearing plain mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed with a plait encircling her head.

REV: PIETAS-ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, carrying an infant at her breast. Mintmark TRS

REF: RIC VIII Trier 79