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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7745213, member: 75937&quot;]Even on well-worn coins, they can be differentiated by hairstyle -- The chignon on Crispina&#039;s hairstyle is much bigger, anticipating the giant chignons of Manlia Scantilla, Didia Clara, and Julia Domna that became fashionable a decade later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325971[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crispina, AD 177-182.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.63 g, 30.3 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, c. AD 177-179.</p><p>Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA SC, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 556; BMCRE 406-410; RCV 6004; Cohen 6; MIR 4.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is particularly true for her late hairstyle:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crispina-venvs-felix-as-jpg.911883/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Crispina, AD 177-182.</p><p>Roman Æ As, 11.64 g, 23.6 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, c. AD 181-182.</p><p>Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: VENVS FELIX SC, Venus seated left, holding Victory and scepter</p><p>Refs: RIC 686; BMCRE 440; Cohen 41; RCV 6021; MIR 21-7/3c.</p><p><br /></p><p>See how Crispina&#039;s hair has a large interlaced chignon in the rear? A decade later, the giant chignon became all the rage among upper-crust Roman women:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325983[/ATTACH] </p><p>Manlia Scantilla, wife of Didius Julianus, Augusta, AD 193.</p><p>Roman Æ Sestertius; 28.8 mm, 22.62 g, 12 h.</p><p>Rome mint, AD 193.</p><p>Obv: MANLIA•SCAN-TILLA•AVG, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: IVNO REGINA SC, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; to left, peacock at feet, standing left, head turned up.</p><p>Refs: RIC 18a; BMCRE 32-36; Cohen 6; RCV 6083; Woodward, <i>Didius</i>, dies 6/-; Banti 2.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-fecvnditas-s-c-seated-dupondius-jpg.1267831/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 10.61 gm, 24.2 mm</p><p>Rome, issue 6, AD 195</p><p>Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas enthroned right, nursing one child, second child stands before her.</p><p>Refs: RIC 844; BMCRE 494; Cohen 43; Hill 126; RCV 6639</p><p>Notes: Ex Ars Classica VIII, 1924, Bement Collection, lot 1184. Die-match to BMCRE-494, pl. 21.4.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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