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My two Plautilla denarii . Same obverse die .


Here is a third one, unfortunately not mine

 

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Faustina II denarius under Marcus Aurelius
161-170AD
Rome mint
3.30g
17.5mm
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust right
Rev: VE–NVS, Venus stg. l. holding dove and sceptre.
RIC 730
Scarcer than the variety in which Venus holds an apple
From the Doug Smith collection

 

Been focusing on those early ladies in the past six months

Julia the Elder and Livia (Pergamon, Mysia)


Livia and Tiberius (Macedon, Thessalonica)

"Pietas" dupondius of Drusus (Livia, Livilla, or Vipsania)


Messalina, wife of Claudius (Aiolis, Aegae)


Agrippina II, Second wife of Claudius (Aezanis, Phrygia)


Antonia, mother of Claudius


Octavia, first wife of Nero (Alexandria)


Poppaea, second wife of Nero (Alexandria)


Domitia, wife of Domitian (Philadelphia, Lydia)


Julia Titi, mistress of Domitian

 

JULIA MAMAEA. Mother of Severus Alexander. AD 222-235.
Silver denarius .21mm, 2.72g
Obverse : IVLIA MAMAEA AVG. Diademed bust right
Reverse : VESTA. Vesta standing left, holding patera and transverse scepter
RIC IV 362
EX AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. EX LHOTKA. Ex JHE .


Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D
Silver denarius . 2.775g, 20.7mm, 180o, Laodicea ad Mare mint, 198 - 202 A.D.
Obverse : IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, loop at shoulder
Reverse : LAETITIA, Laetitia standing half left, wreath in right, anchor in left
RIC IV 641, RSC III 101, BMCRE V 604, SRCV II 6590
Ex Forum .



AHG 272 . The Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Salonina, August 254 - c. September 268 A.D.
Salonina, August 254 - c. September 268 A.D.
Billon antoninianus . 2.763g, 20.1mm, 0o, Syrian mint, 258 - 260 A.D.
Obverse : CORN SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind
Reverse : CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress standing confronted, clasping hands
Göbl MIR 1691p (Samosata), SRCV III 10630 (uncertain Syrian mint), RIC V 63 (Antioch), Cohen 31, AHG 272 (this coin)
From the Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Ex Forum

 

Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, wife of Antoninus Pius
Copper as . Rome mint, 141 A.D.
Obverse : DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair piled on top
Reverse : AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing left, globe in right, long scepter vertical in left
RIC III 1163(a)
Ex FORUM


And another Plautilla

 

In 2011 I've shown some of my empresses (page #1 of this thread, with microscopic pictures back then). I can show different ones now

The whole series of Plautilla denarii (+ a bonus drachm) to begin with :




Some sestertii :

Mamaea :


Otacilia Severa :



Herennia Etruscilla :



Mariniana :



Salonina :



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