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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2654791, member: 31620&quot;]Anyone wanting an Alexandrian example should be able to easily find the following type, which is relatively common and is differentiated from Rome examples purely by style.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna denarius </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right</p><p>Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand, raising robe with left hand</p><p>Minted in Alexandria.</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE -. Bickford-Smith pl. 1, 10. RIC IV -. cf RIC 580 (Rome).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_065bl_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Very similar is the scarcer variation with the earlier version of the obverse legend</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_065be_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Mules? or intentional mixing dies exist with reverse dies of Septimius Severus</p><p><br /></p><p>this example also having an obverse legend error</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_065bg_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>which turns up with other reverses</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_065as_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It took me many years to obtain a basket of fruit type</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_065bz_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The II COS reverse are rare in general but seem to occur even less frequently for Domna than for Severus</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_065ak_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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