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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7883676, member: 80952&quot;]One of the targets in my collection is to get coins depicting different empresses.</p><p>When I started collecting ancient coins and concentrate on this numismatic area only (less than 1 year ago, but still time flies) I wasn&#039;t even aware empresses were represented on coins.</p><p>And in my first lot I received a Julia Domna and Faustina I denarii, I identified them myself and I decided that more and more are needed in my albums.</p><p>There are still some missing&nbsp; (some pretty common but there were other priorities; some I will never get, most likely) but I am pleased when I add a new empress or a nice coin from an empress I already have.</p><p>This weekend was a good day (for my collection, but not for my wallet, grrrr)</p><p>I added this Marcianopolis with Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, already shown in the Septimius September thread. Love this one and it ticked many boxes for me (empress; good conservation; nice patina; confronted busts; Black Sea coin....)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also&nbsp; added 2 imperial coins with empresses and I am very happy with them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359650[/ATTACH]</p><p>Saw it after losing some targets in an auction and I was browsing to see what else can I get. First I said OK, here is a Domna with a good enough portrait, if it remains cheap I want it. But checked the coin more carefully and noticed it is more interesting than I thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>18 mm, 2,68 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC IV Caracalla 381 (denarius)</p><p>Date Range: AD 211 - AD 217</p><p>Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia Domna, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, draped, right / Rev: MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia Domna, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew about this denarius from this thread</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mat-avgg-mat-sen-m-patr.342635/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mat-avgg-mat-sen-m-patr.342635/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mat-avgg-mat-sen-m-patr.342635/</a></p><p>For me, it&#039;s a VERY interesting coin with a legend that was never used for any other empress so this is already a big plus, not to mention the importance of the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, one cannot say there are too many Julias in a collection.</p><p>I had Domna, Maesa, Mamaea, Soaemias. Paula required to the party</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17 mm, 1,93 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC IV Elagabalus 211 S; BMCRE 172 (Elagabalus); RSC 6a</p><p>Obv: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, Bust of Julia Paula, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, right / Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand; in field, star</p><p><br /></p><p>The first wife of Elagabalus is the most common one to find from his wives, but from what I&#039;ve seen, this doesn&#039;t make Julia Paula common. I did not look for her coins specifically, to be honest, but the only one I noticed except this one was a very worn provincial, with legends completely gone and that one did not end with a low price. And I knew denarii are not in the 20-40 EUR range, that was what I wanted to pay for the last coin.</p><p>So I wasn&#039;t very optimistic, but I tried. And managed to win it by bidding only once.</p><p>Pleased with it and definitely OK for a new empress to mark as checked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your new additions with Roman ladies![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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