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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3040619, member: 75937"]In the course of researching the denarii of Julia Soaemias, I note that RIC lists a number of different reverse types. However, after doing a comprehensive search online at acsearchinfo, CoinArchives, the Coin Project, CNG archives, Wildwinds and the British Museum online collection, I have come to the conclusion that half of the denarii and the VENVS CAELESTIS antoninianus are not official imperial issues and are likely ancient hybrids mixing obverses of Julia Soaemias with reverses of Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, or one of Elagabalus' wives. I suspect these are ancient counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the listing in RIC:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]758856[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]758869[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe only the following are official:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 237 IVNO REGINA, Juno standing r.</p><p>RIC 241 VENVS CAELESTIS standing l.</p><p>--without star in field (RSC 2d)</p><p>--with star in r. field (RSC 8)</p><p>--with star in l. field (RSC 8a)</p><p>RIC 243 VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated l., child at her feet</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the denarii with the following reverse types are unofficial: ANNONA AVG, IVNO (Juno stg l.), PIETAS AVG, PVDICITIA, SAECVLI FELICITAS, and the three VESTA types.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG has sold several examples of <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=213090" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=213090" rel="nofollow">this barbarous imitation</a>, which is so crude that I doubt the editors of RIC had it in mind:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]758864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, I am skeptical about the existence of an antoninianus with the VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated reverse type.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd love to be proven wrong. If you have a photo you found online of any of the RIC issues that I think are hybrids or counterfeits, I'd love to see them!</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything you feel is relevant: silver coins of Julia Soaemias, Severan women hybrids, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3040619, member: 75937"]In the course of researching the denarii of Julia Soaemias, I note that RIC lists a number of different reverse types. However, after doing a comprehensive search online at acsearchinfo, CoinArchives, the Coin Project, CNG archives, Wildwinds and the British Museum online collection, I have come to the conclusion that half of the denarii and the VENVS CAELESTIS antoninianus are not official imperial issues and are likely ancient hybrids mixing obverses of Julia Soaemias with reverses of Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, or one of Elagabalus' wives. I suspect these are ancient counterfeits. Here is the listing in RIC: [ATTACH=full]758856[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]758869[/ATTACH] I believe only the following are official: RIC 237 IVNO REGINA, Juno standing r. RIC 241 VENVS CAELESTIS standing l. --without star in field (RSC 2d) --with star in r. field (RSC 8) --with star in l. field (RSC 8a) RIC 243 VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated l., child at her feet I believe the denarii with the following reverse types are unofficial: ANNONA AVG, IVNO (Juno stg l.), PIETAS AVG, PVDICITIA, SAECVLI FELICITAS, and the three VESTA types. CNG has sold several examples of [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=213090']this barbarous imitation[/URL], which is so crude that I doubt the editors of RIC had it in mind: [ATTACH=full]758864[/ATTACH] Moreover, I am skeptical about the existence of an antoninianus with the VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated reverse type. I'd love to be proven wrong. If you have a photo you found online of any of the RIC issues that I think are hybrids or counterfeits, I'd love to see them! Feel free to post anything you feel is relevant: silver coins of Julia Soaemias, Severan women hybrids, etc.[/QUOTE]
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