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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5142901, member: 96898"]A very desirable coin indeed! I like the "capricorn playing volleyball" reverse a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Paula is one of the rarer Severan empresses. I got a single coin by her – the same type of denarius Donna has shown:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207113[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Julia Paula, Roman Empire, denarius, 219–220 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA PAULA AVG; bust of Julia Paula, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, r. Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Concordia, draped, seated l., holding patera in extended r. hand; in field l, star. 19.5mm, 3.00g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Elagabalus 211.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>These are traditionally attributed to Parium, but there is good reason to tentatively attribute them to Olbia instead (see the discussion <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764">here</a>):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207112[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">"Mysia, Parium" (more likely Olbia), drachm, ca. 480 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion. Rev cross-shaped incusum. 12.2mm, 3.14g. Ref: BMC 4–8; Sear Greek 3917; SNG Copenhagen 256, SNG von Aulock 1318. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5142901, member: 96898"]A very desirable coin indeed! I like the "capricorn playing volleyball" reverse a lot. Julia Paula is one of the rarer Severan empresses. I got a single coin by her – the same type of denarius Donna has shown: [ATTACH=full]1207113[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Julia Paula, Roman Empire, denarius, 219–220 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA PAULA AVG; bust of Julia Paula, hair waved and fastened in plait, draped, r. Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Concordia, draped, seated l., holding patera in extended r. hand; in field l, star. 19.5mm, 3.00g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Elagabalus 211.[/SIZE] These are traditionally attributed to Parium, but there is good reason to tentatively attribute them to Olbia instead (see the discussion [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764']here[/URL]): [ATTACH=full]1207112[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]"Mysia, Parium" (more likely Olbia), drachm, ca. 480 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion. Rev cross-shaped incusum. 12.2mm, 3.14g. Ref: BMC 4–8; Sear Greek 3917; SNG Copenhagen 256, SNG von Aulock 1318. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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