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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3275645, member: 99456&quot;]<b>My first roman coin, 1976</b>, was a gift from a patient and generous shop owner of a coin &quot;not good enough to sell&quot; - it remains a favorite today:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]864926[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian I</b>, Sestertius, 253-254, Rome</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C P LIC VALERIANV PF AVG; Valerian I, laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FELICITAS AVGG / S C, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopia</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My most recent, 2018</b>, again 3rd century AD.&nbsp; Sister-in-law to Septimus Severus and older sister to Julia Domna, Julia Maesa was a somewhat ambitious grandmother.&nbsp; She lived in her sister&#039;s shadow for a while, then came forward with a vengeance - first to unseat Macrinus and establish Elagabalus, her grandson by daughter Julia Soaemias with a strong family resemblance to Caracalla, as emperor. When she didn&#039;t have the control or influence that she hoped for, she arranged for the assassinations of her daughter and grandson to establish another grandson, by younger daughter Julia Mamaea, as emperor Severus Alexander.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]864931[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.2g, minted in Rome 220-222 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv</b>: JULIA MAESA AUG; draped bust of Julia Maesa to the right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: SAECULI FELICITAS; Felicitas standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of a patera over altar to left, holding long caduceus; star in right field[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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