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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3725243, member: 75937"]Cool! I LOVE threads like these, which explore a deity's avatars and compares the iconography to other depictions in other media in antiquity. It's numismatics, mythology, and art history all rolled into one!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have quite a few Venus coins and have never encountered a coin with Venus Anadyomene apart from yours, although a similar Venus bathing coin appeared on other issues of Deultum. [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-shows-are-fun.337085/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-shows-are-fun.337085/">picked up this one earlier this year</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998756[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I only have a couple from Deultum. One from the Gordian era ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tranquillina-deultum-jpg.645899/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tranquillina AD 241-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24.1 mm, 8.06 g.</p><p>Thrace, Deultum, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas as Silenus facing right, carrying wine skin over left shoulder and raising right arm.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 3757; Youroukova 425, 4/II; cf. SNG Cop 549.</p><p><br /></p><p>... and one from the late Severan period ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998763[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.7 mm, 5.54 g.</p><p>Thrace, Deultum, AD 222-235. </p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. </p><p>Rev: C F P D, lion walking right. </p><p>Refs: Moushmov 3624; Varbanov 2382; BMC -- .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3725243, member: 75937"]Cool! I LOVE threads like these, which explore a deity's avatars and compares the iconography to other depictions in other media in antiquity. It's numismatics, mythology, and art history all rolled into one! I have quite a few Venus coins and have never encountered a coin with Venus Anadyomene apart from yours, although a similar Venus bathing coin appeared on other issues of Deultum. [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-shows-are-fun.337085/']picked up this one earlier this year[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]998756[/ATTACH] I only have a couple from Deultum. One from the Gordian era ... [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tranquillina-deultum-jpg.645899/[/IMG] Tranquillina AD 241-244. Roman provincial Æ 24.1 mm, 8.06 g. Thrace, Deultum, AD 241-244. Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas as Silenus facing right, carrying wine skin over left shoulder and raising right arm. Refs: Moushmov 3757; Youroukova 425, 4/II; cf. SNG Cop 549. ... and one from the late Severan period ... [ATTACH=full]998763[/ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman provincial Æ 19.7 mm, 5.54 g. Thrace, Deultum, AD 222-235. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. Rev: C F P D, lion walking right. Refs: Moushmov 3624; Varbanov 2382; BMC -- .[/QUOTE]
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