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OTACILIA SEVERA
Æ Sestertius
OBVERSE: MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in ex, Hippopotamus standing right, head raised
Struck at Rome, 248 AD
18.6g, 30mm
RIC 200a, Cohen 65
ex Warren Esty

HELENA
AE4
OBVERSE: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, draped bust right wearing ornamental mantle, necklace and broad hairband
REVERSE: PA-X PV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre
Struck at Trier, 337-40 AD
1.36g, 13.91mm
RIC 90

HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA
AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG - Diademed, draped bust right on crescent.
REVERSE: PVDICITIA AVG - Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand drawing veil from face and holding scepter
Struck at Rome, 249-51 AD
4.82g, 24.13mm
RIC 58b

SALONINA
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, resting on crescent
REVERSE: DEAE SEGETIAE, statue of Segetiae or Ceres, nimbate, standing facing in four-columned temple, both hands raised
Struck at Lugdunum, 258 AD
3.1g, 22mm
RIC 5

GALERIA VALERIA
AE Follis
OBVERSE: GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed & draped bust right
REVERSE: VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple upwards and raising drapery, star left, HTA in ex
Struck at Heraclea 309-10 AD
4.8g, 29mm
RIC 43

 

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Diva Julia Titi


Faustina I AR Denarius



Faustina II (Junior) AR Denarius



Lucilla Sestertius


Crispina AE Dupondius or As



Julia Domna, Augusta



Plautilla, Nicopolis, Moesia



Alexandria, Julia Mamaea Augusta Bi Tet



Tranquillina, Cappadocia, Caesarea--Eusebia

 

I love the confusing and turbulent history of the third century of Ancient Rome. I think Alexandrian tetradrachms are cool pieces of history. So, this coin of Tranquillina is perfect for my interests:



Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (ca. 225 – aft. 244) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Gordian III. She was the young daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus by an unknown wife. (See youtube video below.)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranquillina





BTW: I think Steve's Tranquillina is really nice, too.


guy

 

Otacilia Severa


Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus


Salonina AR Antoninianus


Galeria Valeria


=> how 'bout dem apples?!!

 

I lust for that Galeria Valeria.

 

yah, it's sweet, eh? (sadly, it did cost me a pretty penny!!)

 

The ones you love the most are the ones that hurt.

 

Mother/Daughter:

 

This was the wonderful example that got me to consider capturing Empresses, and that got me to even consider fleshing out my Emperor collection.


Roman Empire
Julia Domna 193-217 CE
16.75mm, 2.7g
Obv: Draped bust to r
Rev: VESTA, Vesta seated to l
EX: Doug Smith collection

Very dear to me...love this coin...

 

Marciana, sister of Trajan, Augusta, c. 105-112/4(?) CE AR Denarius (19 mm, 2.72 gm). Rome Mint, 112 AD.
Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, eagle standing left, head right.
RIC II 743 (Trajan); BMC 650 (Trajan); Hill 562; RSC 4; Sear 3328.

 

Love that hippo sestertius!

 

Domitia AR-Denarius, 3.56g. Rome, 82-83 Obv.: DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMIT Drapped bust r. Rev.: DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F Boy l., on globe., stars. RIC 213; Coh. 11.




I lifted this back story from an NAC auction:

"Throughout the course of Imperial Roman coinage seven children were honored posthumously, with five of them being presented as gods. One of these divine children was an infant son born to Domitia, the wife of Domitian. Virtually nothing is known about him, and if he had not appeared on this rare coin type, he would have been little more than a footnote in the historical record. We may deduce from a passage in Suetonius, from historical circumstances, and from his infantile appearance on memorial coins that he probably was born in 83 and died soon thereafter. Regrettably, his name is nowhere recorded. Since the boy usually appears on the reverse of coins of Domitia, and Domitian seems to have divorced her in about 83 (roughly the time she would have given birth to the boy), it seems obvious that he died in infancy and that Domitian immediately deified him and celebrated him on coinage before he exiled his wife. Domitian’s grief must have been profound, for the boy’s presentation ranks among the most inventive on all Roman coinage; he is shown as a young Jupiter seated on a globe with his hands raised toward seven stars that represent the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). The boy is also represented on two other rare issues: denarii inscribed PIETAS AVGVST that show him standing before Domitia in the guise of Pietas, and sestertii with a similar scene but inscribed DIVI CAESAR MATRI or DIVI CAESARIS MATER."

 

I was not aware of this type. Phenomenal!

 

CT posts made me realize I did not have a Herennia Etrucilla in silver so I picked one up at the show yesterday. The same seller had one with seated Pudicitia but I chose standing because the portrait style on this coin seemed better to me. Later another dealer had another I liked better but it was almost 3 times the price so this one will do for my purposes.


I have had this seated sestertius for years so I guess the standing one was better for that reason as well.

 

HELLO,

Bought this coin for 5 eur, so small but rare....
BRITANNICUS, ANTONIA & OCTAVIA - MYSIA, KYZIKOS, AE13, CA.41-2AD.

 

Zombie thread!!! Come to haunt us on Halloween!!!



I have more women coins but I'll just post my Otacilla Severa for now. Cost me a grand total of $0.00 (was a Secret Santa gift).

 

And here's another gal:
Plautilla, wife of Caracalla
AE27. Moesia Inferior. Nikopolis. Caracalla riding
Varbanov 2276
27 mm 15.63g

 

Here’s my favorite Roman Empress coin. It is a rare coin with readable legends, but I did not buy it for that reason. I bought it because of has a really neat look, with two obverses!

Faustina Junior, struck under Marcus Aurelius 161-175 AD
AE Dupondius or As 12.49gm - 27mm
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Bust of Faustina, right, her hair arranged in a chignon behind the head
Rx: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA bust of Faustina, right, her hair arranged in a chignon behind the head
Ref: RIC1719

Does anyone own RIC? I cannot find this coin online, but would like to verify the attribution of this coin as RIC 1719.

 

@ancientcoinguru there is an example on acsearch
http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...s=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=

 

Nice sleuthing, Pish!