My latest and GREATEST acquisition just arrived from the collection of none other than my brother from another mother @Bing! And I think she might be my favorite coin of an empress. It's a Lucilla and she has everything. She comes from a good home. Has a beautiful face/portrait. Her hair and toga are in vogue. And boys. She. Is. Valuptuous! Check her out and try not to drool to hard over these curves: Bings Pic My Pic LUCILLA Sestertius, RIC 1779, Vesta OBVERSE: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right REVERSE: VESTA, S-C, Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sacrificing with simpulum over lighted altar to left Struck at Rome, 161-161 AD 30.4 mm, 21.89g, ex Bing colection Don't let her know I showed ya this one. She made me promise this Pic was just for me So bust out those buxom coins with ancient beauties. And share em. Mixalot taught us in the 90s there's nothing wrong with a big As...though it turns out I'm a sest man! Don't be shy, who doesn't like a nice thick lady
She's a biggun" LUCILLA AR Denarius OBVERSE: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right REVERSE: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled & holding hand on breast Struck at Rome, 165-169 AD 2.5g, 18.5mm RIC 781
That's a nice bronze. Here is my bronzes of her. Lucilla (164 - 182 A.D.) Æ Sestertius O: LVCILLA AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust righ R: VENVS S-C, Venus standing left holding apple & scepte. Rome 22.8g 30mm RIC 1763, Cohen 72, BMC 1167 Lucilla (164 - 169 A.D.) Æ Sestertius O: LVCILLA AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right. R: IVNONI LVCINAE S-C, Juno seated left, holding a flower & infant. 18.94g 30mm RIC 1747, Cohen 37. Lucilla (161 - 182 A.D.) Æ Dupondius O: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. R: SALVS S-C, Salus seated left feeding serpent entwined around altar. 15.6g 25mm RIC 1760
Oh, nice and thick, @Ryro ! I like a nice, thick lady. I got 'em, too -- from Agrippina I ... To Herennia Etruscilla ... ... and everyone in-between ...
I have not got any large Roman Empress coins But,I can admire the examples posted by Roman Collector/ Bing/ Mat and Ryro Not to be a party pooper, I posted a couple of my smallish ones.... John
@Bing, Thanks again buddy. My poor mailman dropped the package on his foot while delivering it...poor bastard will never walk the same. Dadang @Mat! Those are some juicy Lucies. Golly @Roman Collector that's enough Rubinesque ancient Roman's to fill a modern class at Curves! One more ridonculous then the next...that Didia Clara though....mmmm Though your beauty reminded me of another "Scantily" and clad lady of mine And @panzerman it's always nice to see your golden girls...but that Silver Lucilla has a striking portrait!
I don't have any large Imperial ladies but here's a provincial I hadn't shown before. This drachm of Faustina II has been around... fittingly, if you believe the gossipmongers . EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina II Regnal year 14 of Antoninus Pius (150/1 CE) AE drachm, 33 mm, 18.2 gm Obv: draped bust right Rev: Triptolemos, wearing an elephant head cap and chlamys, driving a biga of winged serpents right; LIΔ above Ref: Emmett 2004.14; Dattari 3926
I don't have too many thick ladies, but this one called out and asked me to take her home. DIDIA CLARA, daughter of Didius Julianus AE Sestertius. 18.24g, 30.0mm. Rome mint, AD 193. Struck under Didius Julianus. RIC 20; Cohen 4. O: DIDIA CLARA AVG, draped bust right. R: HILAR TEMPOR, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; S-C across field. Ex Dr. Rainer Pudill Collection
@TIF, stunning drachm of Faustina dos! I must have one of those Egyptian flying serpants bigas. Just curious here; how do we know that is an elephant head cap and not another serpant? A must have right there @zumbly I hoped and closely looked to make sure this 37MM round Julia D was that and not a Didia C... Nope. Just a 37MM J Dom beast!
Five Julia Domna sestertii: Early period (civil wars), first obverse legend: Venus The second one is more worn but better dies Juno Middle period (period of stability), second obverse legend: Cybele (Mater Deum) Late period (under Caracalla), third obverse legend: Vota Publica
I just sold my Lucilla today - in fact, it's going out in the mail tomorrow morning. Mine, too, was a big, thick, heavy sestertius.
I love a ladies thread, and there are some great coins in this one! Here are a couple of my "big" ladies:
My Lucilla/Venus (a bit 'moth-eaten', but . . .) OBVERSE; LVCILLA AVGVSTA -Draped bust right. REVERSE; VENVS -Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre. Mint: Rome REFERENCE: RIC 785 (Marcus Aurelius)
I don't know why he is sometimes depicted with an elephant headdress on coins of Egypt. In other regions he is seen with a grain wreath or radiate crown. A snake would make sense, given the overall mission of Triptolemos (the sowing and milling of grain; serpents are symbols of renewal, among other things). If there is an Egypt-specific reason for having him wear the head of a baby elephant, I have not yet come across it. (okay, you got me... I haven't really investigated the reason for the elephant) Here's an A-Pi drachm from CNG which clearly shows the headdress to be an elephant head:
Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius Struck 161-176 AD, Rome mint Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right. Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms, S-C across field. References: RIC III 1635 Size: 34mm, 24.2g Lucilla, Wife of Verus, Daughter of Aurelius AE Sestertius, Struck 164-169 AD, Rome Mint Obverse: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right. Reverse: FECUNDITAS, Lucilla as Fecunditas, draped, seated right on low seat, nursing infant; before her, a girl standing; behind her, a boy standing; SC in exergue. References: RIC III 1738 Size: 32mm, 24.4g
