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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4566772, member: 110350&quot;]Faustina Sr. is not wearing a stephane in my only coin of hers, a Diva Faustina denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Faustina I [Senior] (wife of Antoninus Pius) AR Denarius, Obv: Draped bust right, DIVA AVG FAVSTINA / Rev: Ceres standing left, with torch, holding right hand up in greeting,&nbsp; CONSECRATIO. RIC III 382b, RSC II 165a, Sear RCV II 4593. 17 mm., 3.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130799[/ATTACH] </p><p>But I believe that stephanes are, or may be, depicted on these coins. For some it isn&#039;t clear -- they&#039;re described in the catalogues as wearing diadems rather than stephanes, but I don&#039;t necessarily see any jewels, perhaps because of the wear on the coins.&nbsp; Veils? I couldn&#039;t begin to tell you!</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius, 68 BCE. Obv. Draped bust of Diana R., wearing crown and stephane[?], with bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 32 at pp. 189-194, BMCRR Rome 3388. 18 mm., 3.91 g.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1130800[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130801[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I&#039;m not sure what combination of types of headgear Diana is wearing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sabina (wife of Hadrian) AR Denarius. Obv: Draped bust right, wearing diadem or stephane[?], SABINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Concordia seated left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left hand, cornucopia beneath the throne, CONCORDIA AVG. RIC II 391 (1926 ed.), RSC II 24. 18 mm., 3.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130812[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sallustia Orbiana (wife of Severus Alexander) AR Denarius 225-227 AD. Rome mint. Special marriage emission of Severus Alexander, AD 225. Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane/&nbsp; Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC IV-2 319 (Sev. Alexander); RSC III 1, BMCRE 287 (Sev. Alexander). 19 mm., 3.5 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130803[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), AR Denarius. Obv. Bust draped right wearing diadem (stephane), IVLIA MAMAEA AVG/ Rev. Venus stdg. front, head left, holding helmet &amp; scepter, shield leans against her at left. VENVS VICTRIX. RIC IV-2 358, RSC III 76 (ill.), Sear RCV II 8216 (ill.), BMCRE 713. 20.5 mm., 2.88 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130806[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ&nbsp; clockwise around; border of dots. Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, <i>Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula</i> (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, <i>Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II,</i> <i>Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia</i>) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer &amp; M. Strack, <i>Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands</i> Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130810[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR antoninianus AD 248, Rome mint, 4th Officina. Obv. Draped bust of Otacilia Severa right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders, OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Hippopotamus standing right, SAECVLARES AVGG; IIII in exergue. RIC IV-3 116(b), RSC IV 63, Sear RCV III 9160 (ill.). 23 mm., 4.52 g. (<i>Games commemorating 1,000th&nbsp; anniversary of founding of Rome</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130808[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130809[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Herennia Etruscilla (wife of Trajan Decius) AR Antoninianus, 249-251 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind / Rev. PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing left lifting her veil and holding scepter. RIC IV-3 58b, RSC IV 17.&nbsp; 21.77 mm., 3.82 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130811[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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