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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8231995, member: 91461&quot;]First, I am aware that there are many more Augustae that would have made my palms sweat, Poppaea and Didia Clara come to mind. But their coins are not plentiful nor as elaborate and elegant, IMO, then these others.</p><p>Though, if you have some that you think justifies their inclusion please share<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Now, this is not a cointest of which of my coins you like the best, but who you really think was the most beautiful of them all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s start with the tart that left her husband while pregnant to marry Augustus himself. It&#039;s worth pointing out that she wasn&#039;t made an Augusta until after Augustus death, by her son Tiberius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447307[/ATTACH]</p><p>JULIA AUGUSTA (LIVIA). AUGUSTA,</p><p>14-29 A.D. AE Dupondius (31 mm, 13.13 gms), Rome Mint.</p><p>RIC-Tiberius 47. Bareheaded</p><p>and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right; Reverse: Large</p><p>S.C, inscription around. Light brown with some granularity. Nearly VERY FINE.</p><p>Former: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Does being married to the manliest man EVER make you the most womanly?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447324[/ATTACH]</p><p>LYDIA. Sardis. Marciana (Augusta, 105-112/4). Ae. Obv: ΜΑΡΚΙΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ. Draped bust right. Rev: СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΠЄΛΟΨ. Pelops, brandishing whip, on horse rearing right. RPC III 2398; BMC 132-3. Weight: 5.85 g. Diameter: 21 mm.</p><p>Purchased from Savoca June 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>And just because Hadrian wasn&#039;t physically attracted to her doesn&#039;t mean she wasn&#039;t attractive:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447329[/ATTACH]</p><p>SABINA</p><p>Dupondius, 136 CE</p><p>Mint: Rome</p><p>26.3 mm, 10,2 g.</p><p>Rarity : R1</p><p>Obverse legend : SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG PP, Obverse: Diadémé bust and drape of Sabina on the right, hair raised, artistically capped. Reverse: Veiled and draped Ceres, seated left on a basket, holding ears of corn in right hand and torch in left hand</p><p>RIC.- - BMC/RE.1900</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the stories of loose living, philandering and debauchery make the Faustinas more attractive<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or less<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447328[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust left / AETERNITAS, Juno standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre.</p><p>Reference:RIC 344</p><p>Very Fine, 2,8 gr, 17 mm</p><p>Purchased from NBS Aug 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course not just for the sake of getting [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] in board but cause she really was a baby making machine<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and does appear to have been a full blown hottie:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447341[/ATTACH]</p><p>FAUSTINA II (Augusta, 147-176). Denarius. Rome.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA.</p><p>Draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT.</p><p>Two children (Commodus and Antoninus) playing on draped throne.</p><p>RIC 711.</p><p>Condition: Very fine.</p><p>Weight: 3.31 g.</p><p>Diameter: 18 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Man those 5 good emperors sure had taste in ladies as well as excellent leadership skills:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447312[/ATTACH]</p><p>LUCILLA Sestertius, RIC 1779, Vesta</p><p>OBVERSE: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE: VESTA, S-C, Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sacrificing with simpulum over lighted altar to left</p><p>Struck at Rome, 161-161 AD</p><p>30.4 mm, 21.89g AD ex Bing CT</p><p><br /></p><p>If Crispina was a wild and crazy as her husband supposedly was I think she would have been a great date on a Saturday night<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447350[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crispina</p><p>&nbsp;Augusta, A.D. 178-182. AE as Rome mint. CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / IVNO LVCINA, S-C, Juno standing left, holding patera and long scepter. RIC 680</p><p><br /></p><p>Why two Julia Domnas you may ask. Easy, cause she is my favorite. I have more coins of Julia Domna then any other Roman, except Augustus. I suppose the tragedy of her life makes her all the more real. Judging by her coin portraiture there is a reason Shepty sought her out to be his bride:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447323[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>(died 217 AD). AE Sestertius. Struck under Septimius Severus, 198-200. Obv. Draped bust right. Rev. Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond and cornucopia. RIC IV (Sept. Sev.) 855. AE. 24.34 g. 31.00 mm. VF/About VF. Purchased from Artemide Kunstauktionen Feb 2022</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447313[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna (Augusta) Pisidia, Antiochia. AD.193-217. Æ (21mm, 5.20g). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AVG. Draped bust right, hair in horizontal waves, large bun on back of the head. / ANTIOCH MENCIS COL. Mên standing right, with foot on bucranium, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long sceptre and Nike; behind his shoulders, crescent; at feet, cock standing left. Krzyzanovska II/5; SNG France 1133 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 39.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;ll end it on the wife of a mad man. Plautilla just seems so sweet and innocent. And like her mother in law the sadness of her life brings into focus how worthless power can be:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447309[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plautilla</p><p>(AD 202-205). AR denarius (18mm, 2.86 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, AD 202-205. PLAVTILLA-AVGVSTA, draped bust of Plautilla right, seen from front, hair coiled in ridges and fastened in large chignon / CONCORDIA-AVGG, Concordia standing facing, head left, patera in right hand, scepter in left. RIC IV.I (Caracalla) 363a. Purchased from Heritage Auctions October 2021 uck utin</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]IRsc57nK8mg[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please post your coin(s) that are your best examples to back up your claim of which Augusta should win the 2022 CT Miss Rome-iverse cointest!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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