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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6815473, member: 86498&quot;]Julia Domna Ae Sestertius 211-217 AD Minted during the reign of Caracalla&nbsp; Obv. Bust right diademed and draped. Rv Juno standing left&nbsp; peacock at feet. RIC 588a Pangrel Portraits 321 This coin illustrated. Part of the Luc Girard Collection 24.59 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1272278[/ATTACH]I cannot say much about this coin except when I saw it at the Berlin Numismata I decided that I had to own it. (translation I paid stupid money to get it, hey my souvenir from Berlin ) I cannot say what I think of the portraits of her minted during the reign of her son versus those minted during the reign of her husband except that it seems that the flans on the sestertii from the reign of Caracalla seem to me to be a bit larger and thus are more pleasing from an aesthetic point of view. Her hair is much more elaborately drawn in the later portraits though I detect more severity in the expression. In total as decent sestertii from this period in time are difficult to acquire I am just happy I got one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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