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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3614037, member: 75937"]New one from Frank's most recent auction. It's scarce and I am having a difficult time finding other examples online, though a similar coin is well attested in the numismatic literature. It dates to the fourth year of Elagabalus's reign -- the last year Julia Paula ruled as Roman Empress.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]968041[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Paula, AD 219-220.</p><p>Roman provincial tetradrachm, 9.97 g.</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, AD 220/21.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΠΑΥΛΑ CЄΒ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing r., wings open, holding wreath in beak, LΔ before, palm behind.</p><p>Refs: Köln 2365 var.; Dattari 4172 var.; BMCG 1533 var.; RCV 7678 var.; Emmett 2974; Milne 2820 var.</p><p><br /></p><p>Different in style and details from the British Museum and Dattari specimens; the empress's coiffure is rendered differently and the eagle is depicted facing with head right. The date (LΔ) is in the upper left field instead of a palm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]968042[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1308283&partId=1&searchText=Paula+1533&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1308283&partId=1&searchText=Paula+1533&page=1" rel="nofollow">Example</a> in the British Museum Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3614037, member: 75937"]New one from Frank's most recent auction. It's scarce and I am having a difficult time finding other examples online, though a similar coin is well attested in the numismatic literature. It dates to the fourth year of Elagabalus's reign -- the last year Julia Paula ruled as Roman Empress. [ATTACH=full]968041[/ATTACH] Julia Paula, AD 219-220. Roman provincial tetradrachm, 9.97 g. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 220/21. Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΠΑΥΛΑ CЄΒ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: Eagle standing r., wings open, holding wreath in beak, LΔ before, palm behind. Refs: Köln 2365 var.; Dattari 4172 var.; BMCG 1533 var.; RCV 7678 var.; Emmett 2974; Milne 2820 var. Different in style and details from the British Museum and Dattari specimens; the empress's coiffure is rendered differently and the eagle is depicted facing with head right. The date (LΔ) is in the upper left field instead of a palm: [ATTACH=full]968042[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1308283&partId=1&searchText=Paula+1533&page=1']Example[/URL] in the British Museum Collection. Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]
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