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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3703789, member: 96898"]Thanks for the wonderful and informative post! I very much enjoy coins with elaborate drapery, and your post sheds light on some issues I had been wondering about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my Roman coins showing ancient female costume:</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse of this denarius, the folds on Juno's <i>stola </i>indicate where she wears a belt. Her <i>palla</i> is serving as a veil covering her head and left shoulder, and is draped around Juno's back, under her right arm, and over the left elbow:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]992845[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Julia Domna, Roman Empire, denarius, 196–211 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; bust of Julia Domna, draped, r. Rev: IVNO, Iuno standing l., holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet l. 18mm, 3.20g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 559.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Pietas in similar dress, yet without covering her head with the <i>palla</i> (veiled reverse varieties exist, though):</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]992846[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="3">Julia Maesa, Roman Empire, denarius, 218–222 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG, bust of Julia Maesa, draped, r., hair turned up low at the back. Rev: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head l. raising both hands, burning altar to l. 20mm, 3.65g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Elagabalus 266. Ex FSR 106, lot 270.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The sestertius version of Pudicitia drawing her <i>palla </i>over her head as veil:</font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]992847[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="3">Otacilia Severa, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 244–249 AD, Rome mint. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG; bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, r. Rev: PVDICITIA AVG; Pudicitia, draped, veiled, seated l., r. hand drawing veil and holding sceptre in l. hand; in exergue, SC. 31mm, 17.62g. Ref: RIC IV, Philip I 209. Ex Artemide, eLive auction 7, lot 271.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><font size="3"><font size="4">The <i>stola</i> was the garment worn by married Roman ladies. As far as I see, Iuventas, who is shown as a young girl, might therefore instead wear a long tunic in the style of a Greek <i>peplos </i>on this coin: </font></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]992858[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a. Ex CNG, e-auction 439, lot 542.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3703789, member: 96898"]Thanks for the wonderful and informative post! I very much enjoy coins with elaborate drapery, and your post sheds light on some issues I had been wondering about. Here are some of my Roman coins showing ancient female costume: On the reverse of this denarius, the folds on Juno's [I]stola [/I]indicate where she wears a belt. Her [I]palla[/I] is serving as a veil covering her head and left shoulder, and is draped around Juno's back, under her right arm, and over the left elbow: [ATTACH=full]992845[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Julia Domna, Roman Empire, denarius, 196–211 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; bust of Julia Domna, draped, r. Rev: IVNO, Iuno standing l., holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet l. 18mm, 3.20g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 559. [SIZE=4]Pietas in similar dress, yet without covering her head with the [I]palla[/I] (veiled reverse varieties exist, though):[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]992846[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Julia Maesa, Roman Empire, denarius, 218–222 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG, bust of Julia Maesa, draped, r., hair turned up low at the back. Rev: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head l. raising both hands, burning altar to l. 20mm, 3.65g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Elagabalus 266. Ex FSR 106, lot 270. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]The sestertius version of Pudicitia drawing her [I]palla [/I]over her head as veil:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]992847[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3]Otacilia Severa, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 244–249 AD, Rome mint. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG; bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, r. Rev: PVDICITIA AVG; Pudicitia, draped, veiled, seated l., r. hand drawing veil and holding sceptre in l. hand; in exergue, SC. 31mm, 17.62g. Ref: RIC IV, Philip I 209. Ex Artemide, eLive auction 7, lot 271.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=4]The [I]stola[/I] was the garment worn by married Roman ladies. As far as I see, Iuventas, who is shown as a young girl, might therefore instead wear a long tunic in the style of a Greek [I]peplos [/I]on this coin: [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]992858[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3]Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a. Ex CNG, e-auction 439, lot 542.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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