Julia Domna provincial with a strong Athena Promachos reverse

Thanks Doug, I appreciate it. I love that series of reverses from "Emesa", and the first coin with Minerva/Athena holding the owl is just fantastic. Your seemingly endless supply of interesting Severan varieties never ceases to amaze me!

 

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Julia Domna
Thrace, Deultum

Macedonia, Stobi

 

Thanks to all for the nice comments and for sharing some beautiful examples.

@zumbly, fantastic reverse! When it comes to big provincial bronzes with cool reverses, you never disappoint.

@ancientone , that's a great variety of poses and mints, I especially like your Hadrian bronze.

@hotwheelsearl Great photos, thanks for sharing! Didn't realize that statue was your avatar picture.

@Ignoramus Maximus , that's a beautiful reverse on that Lysimachos tet. Very interesting graffiti as well...is that a "pi" next to Athena?

 

Thanks! I love those posts...especially the incredible Nilus sculpture. I was lucky enough to see this statue at the museum in Naples a few years ago, and I visited Herculaneum on the same trip (I can't wait to be able to travel again). The Naples museum has a lot of sculptures that were recovered from the same villa. It really is unbelievable how many beautiful pieces of art were in that villa (the bust of Scipio Africanus from @Ryro 's recent post actually came from there as well).

I think that there are probably a lot more reverse types that are based on actual statues that have since been lost to time. It seems like it would have made sense for engravers to base a lot of their reverse types on existing designs rather than come up with brand new ones.