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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3592797, member: 75937&quot;]Here is my example of the OP denarius, purchased in 2008 at a local show for $55. It isn&#039;t as artistic in style or in as high a grade as the CNG example, to be sure. I would consider this coin merely scarce, as opposed to the <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3816884" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3816884" rel="nofollow">no-crescent</a> and with-crescent antoniniani issued under Caracalla with the IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG inscription, both of which are quite rare (R3 and R2, respectively, according to Temeryazev and Makarenko).</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is definitely in the Rome mint style, despite the &quot;ring&quot; at the empress&#039;s shoulder. In the case of this coin, I think this is meant not as a mint mark, but to represent the fibula of her <i>palla</i>, which Julia wears over her <i>stola</i> in a manner analogous to the <i>palludamentum</i> so frequently worn in portraits of male rulers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]960162[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 18.10 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 196-211.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing left, holding patera and vertical scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 578; <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1208043&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Domna+578&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1208043&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Domna+578&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 84</a>, RSC/Cohen 185; RCV 6607; Hill 459; CRE 396; ERIC II 132.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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