Julia Mamaea and Some Museum Busts

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  1. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    i was hoping to see a sculpture of one of my recent sestertii and the only one was this, which might feature Julia Mamaea:

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    My coin:
    9064735A-B298-49ED-BC78-0DE8232762CC.jpeg Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius, 17.72g. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA Diademed & draped bust right / FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicity standing half-left, arm on column, holding caduceus. Cohen 21.RIC 676, Cohen 21, BMC 487.

    The other busts (please post a corresponding coin if you have one!):

    Septimius Severus fo
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    Elagabalus or Severus Alexander:

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    Commodus as infant Herakles!:
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    Domitian:
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    Nero Claudius Drusus:
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    Augustus:
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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Nice pics, thanks for sharing
     
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  4. Gavin Richardson

    Gavin Richardson Well-Known Member

    Shouldn't that be Julia Marmor-a?

    Sorry. That's a Latin pun. 0.00002 of readers just found that hilarious.
     
  5. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    Lol. I have no idea what you’re talking about!
     
  6. Multatuli

    Multatuli Homo numismaticus

    Or maybe "Marmorea"!:D
     
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  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    μάρμαρος

    I believe your number may have been missing a couple decimals.
     
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  8. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    :D

    I wish I were one of them. Can you explain it to me so that I can repeat the joke to a non-coining person and then pretend that I am as erudite as Doug? :D

    Oh, wait-- is it pun on the Latin word for marble, since the her bust is carved from marble? (if so, I had to cheat and looked up "marmor" on a hunch)
     
  9. Multatuli

    Multatuli Homo numismaticus

    Exactly!:smug:
    Marmorea or marmora: made of marble
     
  10. I wonder how each of the people felt who toppled any one of these statues by accident. Seeing it face down with crumbs of marble staring back at you before turning it over to preview the damage. Must have made them feel really small.
     
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  11. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    man, i really like that stuff! kool, thanks for sharin' with us!:)
     
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  12. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    Great thread, not being able to collect marble busts, coins are the next best thing...and if you think about it they are a pretty good next best thing. Think about it, you can own a portrait of a Roman Emperor made during his lifetime, often for less than the price of a good dinner. Where else can you do that?
     
  13. lrbguy

    lrbguy Well-Known Member

    Please forgive my ignorance, but may we be told which museum holds these treasures. I don't recognize the displays, even from the British Museum.
     
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  14. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    I second that request.
     
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  15. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Faustina II middle bronze:

    Faustina Jr Hilaritas As.jpg

    Bust from about the same period, demonstrating a similar hairstyle:

    Faustina Jr statue Musei Capitolini di Roma.jpg
    Capitoline Museum, Rome.
     
  16. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Sestertius of Faustina I:

    Faustina Sr AVGVSTA Vesta standing sestertius.jpg

    Bust of Faustina I:

    Faustina Sr Statue Capitoline.jpg
    Capitoline Museum, Rome.
     
  17. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Sestertius of Antoninus Pius:

    Antoninus Pius Annona Sestertius.jpg

    Bust of Antoninus Pius:

    Antoninus Pius Statue Capitoline.jpg
    Capitoline Museum, Rome.
     
  18. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    you know..i was thinking the same thing! :)
     
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  19. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
     
  20. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    Some other shots:

    Polyphemus, from Thasos, c. 150 BC:
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    Homer:

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  21. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    So true!

    ...

    Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Jr, wife of Lucius Verus, sister of Caligula. Marble bust from the Archaeological Museum of Ostia, image from ancientrome.ru:

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    Lucilla
    Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus
    AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm
    Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right
    Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side
    Ref: RIC III 780
     
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