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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2190548, member: 31620&quot;]An expansion to the coins of Alexandria of Domna could be considered too.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The most common being :-</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Julia Domna denarius</b></p><p>Obv:– IVLIA <b>AVGVSTA</b>, Draped bust right</p><p>Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand, raising robe with left hand</p><p>Minted in Alexandria.</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE -. Bickford-Smith pl. 1, 10. RIC IV -. cf RIC 580 (Rome).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_065bl_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whilst looking for one of these you MIGHT stumble across the much scarcer :-</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Julia Domna denarius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– IVLIA <b>DOMNA AVG</b>, Draped bust right</p><p>Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand, raising robe with left hand</p><p>Minted in Alexandria.</p><p>Reference(s) – BMCRE -. RIC -, RSC -.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_065bv_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Or if the other Venus takes your fancy you might find:-</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Julia Domna denarius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– IVLA (sic) DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind</p><p>Rev:– VENERI VICTI (sic), Venus, nude with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column, holding an apple in extended right hand and palm, sloping upward to left in left hand: coil of drapery falls over column</p><p>Minted in Alexandria, A.D. 194</p><p>RIC -, RSC -, BMCRE -.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_065as_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A collage of this type across the mints is an interesting challenge to those willing to take it up.</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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