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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6597951, member: 75937&quot;]We know next to nothing about Cornelia Supera, the wife of Aemilian. She is completely unknown to history apart from her appearance on coins. The only reason we even know that she was Aemilian&#039;s wife is on the basis of numismatic evidence. We don&#039;t know when or how she died. She is one of the most obscure figures to ever appear on Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/supera-parium-jpg.853425/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, 253 CE.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g, 7 h.</p><p>Mysia, Parium, AD 253.</p><p>Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopiae on back; globe between legs (Sear describes as a star, but his <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/19245" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/19245" rel="nofollow">exemplar</a> in the British Museum depicts a globe with an <a href="https://wgs.cc/celator/molnar.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wgs.cc/celator/molnar.pdf" rel="nofollow">equinoctial cross</a>, giving it the appearance of a star).</p><p>Refs: RPC IX, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/382" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/382" rel="nofollow">382</a>; SGI 4408; SNG Von Aulock 7448.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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