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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8207357, member: 80952&quot;]I do not have a Domna sestertius, but I have a Mamaea sestertius, similar to the one presented by [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438898[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Mamaea. Augusta AD 222-235. Rome</p><p>Sestertius Æ</p><p>30 mm, 19,80 g</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, right&nbsp; / VENERI FELICI SC, Venus, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and Cupid in left hand</p><p>RIC IV Severus Alexander 694; RCV II 8232; BMCRE 190</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked the portrait and the fact that Cupid is visible. Others didn&#039;t. Low hammer price. I can live with that. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Julia Domna coin I find most interesting is this denarius, because of the strong reverse legend, plus I can&#039;t say I dislike the portrait. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438899[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna. Augusta AD 193-217. Rome</p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>18 mm, 2,68 g</p><p>RIC IV Caracalla 381 (denarius) S</p><p>Date: AD 211</p><p>Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia Domna, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, draped, right / Rev: MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia Domna, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand</p><p><br /></p><p>Another score, in my opinion, was this Marcianopolis showing Septimius and Domna. One of the coins that caught my attention instantly and I was very happy for winning it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Moesia Inferior. Marcianopolis. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna AD 193-211.</p><p>Pentassarion Æ</p><p>28 mm, 11,42 g</p><p>Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Moesia, Marcianopolis.</p><p>Flavius Ulpianus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 210-211. Æ Pentassarion .</p><p>AV K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus and draped bust of Julia Domna facing one another / ΥΦΛ ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є (mark of value) to left. H&amp;J, Marcianopolis 6.15.35.4; AMNG I 601; Varbanov 868; Moushmov 411.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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