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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3245885, member: 56859&quot;]The reverse is very appealing too!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lucilla looks like a doll on this coin:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan&#039;s distinctive brow ridge:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajancolumndenarius-rt-jpg.574860/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Trajan</b></p><p>Rome mint, CE 114-115</p><p>AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC. Laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R. Trajan’s column surmounted by statue of Trajan, holding patera and scepter; two eagles at base</p><p>Ref: RIC II 35</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/last-coin-of-2014-trajans-column-denarius.257275/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/last-coin-of-2014-trajans-column-denarius.257275/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/last-coin-of-2014-trajans-column-denarius.257275/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Portraits generally aren&#039;t the main draw for provincial coins but the following coins have rather nice portraits:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%2526hash%253Df65ec5893e2ea2fec9238bf6b55b1131%26hash%3D7e5db8a5d9ad04f388feba46edbccdbe&amp;hash=566fa30fa93326ef53681e78b179596d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander</b></p><p>year 12, CE 232/3</p><p>tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.87 gm</p><p>Obv: AKAIMAAVPCEVAΛEΞANΔPOCEV; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3088.12 (R4); Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&amp;G 62.172 var. (same)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850739[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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