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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2654677, member: 19463&quot;]I have too many to pick favorites but these are my favorites anyway. </p><p>Alexandria mint, typical example</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587862[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Emesa&#039; mint with IICOS reverse legend&nbsp; (women were not consuls but this mint did not worry about die mismatches)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587863[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many Venus coins but this is the only one I have seen that spells out VENERI VICTRICI completely.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...unless you count this one that reads VENEBI VICTBICI and uses the same obverse die.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587886[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned that the &#039;Emesa&#039; mint played it loose with die pairings but I also have this exact die used with a Septimius obverse.&nbsp; The basket of fruit is not common for either.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This very early Rome mint die has a face more like Manlia Scantilla than most Domnas.&nbsp; The coin was overstruck on an earlier coin.&nbsp; I believe I see Commodus&#039; eye and nose looking up from Julia&#039;s head.&nbsp; I have owned this coin for 54 years. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]587868[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The legionary reverse from Nicopolis is an interesting pairing for an empress.&nbsp; The obverse legend begins Thea (goddess) which is a bit much considering the portrait style suggests it was made a decade before Julia died.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to know more about this coin.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]587872[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you aren&#039;t tired of seeing this one, you have not been reading my posts. The reverse shows Caracalla and Geta shaking hands no more than four months before Geta&#039;s murder.&nbsp; To the best of my knowledge it is the only one of the coins showing the two together struck after Septimius died.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]587875[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my favorite Julia type.&nbsp; The exact type was known to Cohen (#250) from a coin in the French National collection (which I would love to see if they ever photograph it).&nbsp; I have two.&nbsp; The photo shows both on top of each other demonstrating that they are die duplicates.&nbsp; As with so many &#039;Emesa&#039; coins, the reverse would seem more appropriate for a male ruler but neither Septimius or Pescennius Niger used the type.&nbsp; I really want to see any others of these if any are found. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]587881[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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