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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2761379, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t know which of my Domnas I have shown a hundred times and which only fifty.&nbsp; This one was my first and one of three coins I kept when I sold my collection in 1974 (thinking we needed money due to the birth of our daughter).&nbsp; I always thought the face was a bit more like Manlia Scantilla than appropriate.&nbsp; The coin is overstruck on, I believe, a Commodus whose eye and nose can be seen looking upward in her hair. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634672[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that one, my favorites are from mints outside Rome.&nbsp; I don&#039;t choose easily between Alexandria and Emesa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria 4dr</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634674[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Emesa denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634673[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of the &#039;also ran&#039; Julias, I am fond of this Julia Paula due to the hair curls that frame her face.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634675[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this Antioch mint denarius of Julia Maesa.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634678[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, this Julia Mamaea is unusual because it is a die clash showing damage to the obverse die. I am assuming that the reverse die that produced this clash was destroyed in the event and replaced with this reverse of the same type.&nbsp; Clashes that show on the obverse are not seen all that often but only specialists in technical matters (like me) seek such things.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634679[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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