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<p>[QUOTE="GarrettB, post: 25503616, member: 139253"]Nice coins, expat! I don't have a coin for either of those empresses. I'll share a coin of Julia Mamaea that looks much nicer in hand and was an unexpected pickup at auction. I'll also add a Herennia Etruscilla. I've gone after some nice coins of Helena on occasion at auction, but they always seem to go higher than I expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 222-235. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and leaning on column; S-C across fields. RIC IV 676 (Alexander); C. 21; BMCRE 487 (Alexander). 24.27g, 30mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633047[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Herennia Etruscilla (wife of T. Decius) AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 249-251. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, holding sceptre and drawing veil from face. RIC IV 59b; RSC 19. 3.88g, 23mm, 7h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633048[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GarrettB, post: 25503616, member: 139253"]Nice coins, expat! I don't have a coin for either of those empresses. I'll share a coin of Julia Mamaea that looks much nicer in hand and was an unexpected pickup at auction. I'll also add a Herennia Etruscilla. I've gone after some nice coins of Helena on occasion at auction, but they always seem to go higher than I expect. Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 222-235. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and leaning on column; S-C across fields. RIC IV 676 (Alexander); C. 21; BMCRE 487 (Alexander). 24.27g, 30mm, 12h. [ATTACH=full]1633047[/ATTACH] Herennia Etruscilla (wife of T. Decius) AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 249-251. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, holding sceptre and drawing veil from face. RIC IV 59b; RSC 19. 3.88g, 23mm, 7h. [ATTACH=full]1633048[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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