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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 2951791, member: 83956"]I only have Julia Domna, not Julia Maesa. What strikes me about the Maesa coins is that these portraits are not idealized; Maesa seems to have a face for radio--wrinkles, a double chin, etc. Maybe it's sexist of me to expect a kinder treatment of the female portrait, but I might expect it to be in the mint controller's self-interest to encourage stylized portraits that "photoshop" her flaws. But there they are. Interesting. Maybe Romans were supposed to venerate the "wise Roman matron" in Maesa, especially if she hailed from the somewhat distrusted East.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, if you have Amazon Prime, this documentary streams free. I give it 3 stars out of 5. But episode 3 spends some time on the Severan women:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome 2013</b></font>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CVGSLD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CVGSLD" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CVGSLD</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 2951791, member: 83956"]I only have Julia Domna, not Julia Maesa. What strikes me about the Maesa coins is that these portraits are not idealized; Maesa seems to have a face for radio--wrinkles, a double chin, etc. Maybe it's sexist of me to expect a kinder treatment of the female portrait, but I might expect it to be in the mint controller's self-interest to encourage stylized portraits that "photoshop" her flaws. But there they are. Interesting. Maybe Romans were supposed to venerate the "wise Roman matron" in Maesa, especially if she hailed from the somewhat distrusted East. BTW, if you have Amazon Prime, this documentary streams free. I give it 3 stars out of 5. But episode 3 spends some time on the Severan women: [SIZE=6][B]Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome 2013[/B][/SIZE]. [url]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CVGSLD[/url][/QUOTE]
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