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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3569394, member: 75937&quot;]According to all the references I&#039;ve consulted [BMCRE, RIC, Sear, Hill, Cohen, and Temeryazev and Makarenko (CRE)], and online sources, there appear to be only two officially issued denarii of Julia Domna with a VENVS VICTRIX reverse, the aforementioned (by [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] , above) type with the shield at her feet, and this very rare one, illustrated only by Temeryazev and Makarenko (but possibly described by Cohen, as I discuss below):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950199[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]950201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Cohen makes no mention of a Cupid or a shield at Venus&#039; feet in his description of #218, CRE 403 does have a cuirasse behind the column as described by Cohen and I wonder if Cohen 218 is the same type as CRE 403. Perhaps Cohen&#039;s reference coin was very poorly preserved, with details missing. Here&#039;s the listing in Cohen:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Venus semi-nude, standing left, holding a helmet and a palm, and leaning against a column; behind the column, a cuirasse.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin isn&#039;t either of these types and, given its strange style, I suspect it&#039;s not an official issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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