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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3807616, member: 85693"]Interesting post as always, Jochen. I have one of those RR Cordia denarii - rather nicer than most of my stuff. I bought it 1990, back when I bought from dealer catalogues, which tended not to carry the junky coins I get nowadays. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015798[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I was wondering, speaking of junky things, I just got this sestertius of Julia Mamaea where Venus is shown holding Cupid. Was she tired of him perched on her shoulders? Is there any connection Venus Felicitas to Venus Verticordia? Just wondering...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015797[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Mother of Severus Alex.)</b></p><p><b>(222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IVLIA] MAMAEA AVG-[VSTA], draped and diademed bust right / [VENERI] FELICI,</p><p>Venus standing right, holding sceptre & Cupid; S C across.</p><p>RIC 694; BMCRE 190.</p><p>(15.15 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3807616, member: 85693"]Interesting post as always, Jochen. I have one of those RR Cordia denarii - rather nicer than most of my stuff. I bought it 1990, back when I bought from dealer catalogues, which tended not to carry the junky coins I get nowadays. [ATTACH=full]1015798[/ATTACH] I was wondering, speaking of junky things, I just got this sestertius of Julia Mamaea where Venus is shown holding Cupid. Was she tired of him perched on her shoulders? Is there any connection Venus Felicitas to Venus Verticordia? Just wondering... [ATTACH=full]1015797[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius (Mother of Severus Alex.) (222-235 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [IVLIA] MAMAEA AVG-[VSTA], draped and diademed bust right / [VENERI] FELICI, Venus standing right, holding sceptre & Cupid; S C across. RIC 694; BMCRE 190. (15.15 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]
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