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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4172551, member: 85693"]Good to hear you are on the mend, RC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to work faster - I just researched Tacitus, and Valentinian and ACH beat me to the punch. But then I'm not as young as I used to be...</p><p><br /></p><p>And yep, as for mature emperors, Wikipedia says Tacitus was born c. 200 and ruled 275-276 A.D. Below is one with Salus, the goddess of well-being, with a bit of a head cold (note her nimbus of green phlegm - a variety not noted in RIC or the other usual sources):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074557[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tacitus Æ Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(275-276 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome</b> <b>Mint, Officina 4</b></p><p>IMP CM CL TACITVS AVG, radiate draped, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, holding sceptre, feeding serpent rising from altar, XXIΔ in exergue.</p><p>RIC 93 (3493 temp); Estiot 128.</p><p>(3.99 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the ladies of a certain age, Julia Maesa, c. 160-224 A.D. was no kid when she maneuvered to get her grandson made emperor - too bad Elagabalus was such a stinker. Here, in a rather aged sestertius (not sure if that is BD - I just got this one, and I am keeping an eye on it - nothing is flaking off or powdery, yet):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Maesa Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Grandmother of Elagabalus)</b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.) Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IVL]IA MAESA A[VG] draped bust right / [SAEC]VLI FELI[CITAS] S-C, Felicitas</p><p>standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding long caduceus, star to right.</p><p>RIC 421 (Elagab.); Cohen 47.</p><p>(15.56 grams / 28 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4172551, member: 85693"]Good to hear you are on the mend, RC. I have to work faster - I just researched Tacitus, and Valentinian and ACH beat me to the punch. But then I'm not as young as I used to be... And yep, as for mature emperors, Wikipedia says Tacitus was born c. 200 and ruled 275-276 A.D. Below is one with Salus, the goddess of well-being, with a bit of a head cold (note her nimbus of green phlegm - a variety not noted in RIC or the other usual sources): [ATTACH=full]1074557[/ATTACH] [B]Tacitus Æ Antoninianus (275-276 A.D.) Rome[/B] [B]Mint, Officina 4[/B] IMP CM CL TACITVS AVG, radiate draped, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, holding sceptre, feeding serpent rising from altar, XXIΔ in exergue. RIC 93 (3493 temp); Estiot 128. (3.99 grams / 22 mm) As for the ladies of a certain age, Julia Maesa, c. 160-224 A.D. was no kid when she maneuvered to get her grandson made emperor - too bad Elagabalus was such a stinker. Here, in a rather aged sestertius (not sure if that is BD - I just got this one, and I am keeping an eye on it - nothing is flaking off or powdery, yet): [ATTACH=full]1074556[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Maesa Æ Sestertius (Grandmother of Elagabalus) (218-222 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IVL]IA MAESA A[VG] draped bust right / [SAEC]VLI FELI[CITAS] S-C, Felicitas standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding long caduceus, star to right. RIC 421 (Elagab.); Cohen 47. (15.56 grams / 28 mm)[/QUOTE]
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