Ladies Night Quiz!!

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That was fun!! But I guessed wrong on a couple I should have known The '
ladies' always bedevil me

 

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Trivia: How many emperors can you name that had more than one wife who appeared on coins? For this purpose, it is not necessary that the coins were issued by the husband.

 

The only one that comes to mind immediately is everyone's favorite weirdo Elagabalus.

He had theee wives on coins.
Julia Paula
Aquila Severa (a vestal virgin)
Annia Faustina (Marcus Aurelius's granddaughter)

 

Does Constantius I count? Helena and (had to look up her name, couldn't remember...quiz 2 I guess) Theodora. There seems to be some disagreement about if Helena was a wife

 

Claudius. Both Agrippina and Messalina appeared on coins.

Depending on how you count, also Caligula (Caesonia and Drusilla). But that is maybe taking Robert Graves/Suetonius too seriously.

 

Nero: Octavia and Poppaea.