So, I was out cruisin' all night, chasin' ladies... and picked up three of 'em!
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Somewhat belatedly, I've branched out into the females with my Roman coins.
Of course there are still a lot of males I need in the set, but I think it needed the "feminine touch".
(Yes, Don, I now lament the lost opportunity I had to grab some of those beauties that were consigned to you not long ago. Let me know if you get more.)
I bought three last night from Marc Breitsprecher at Ancient Imports, who's a class act, BTW.
So far I haven't gone on a wild spending spree with them and two are rather low grade, but one is pretty sweet.
<< <i>F/VG Faustina I AE Sestertius
Date: after 141 AD
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust right
Reverse: S C, Female deity standing left, holding long torch and fasces
Size: 31.41 mm
Weight: 24.5 grams
Description: A decent and affordable sestertius >>
This had a clear enough portrait and a readable name, and it's a nice big fat sestertius. Her bronze is R4 instead of R3 for the silver, so it's slightly scarcer.
A measly 27 bucks for a sestertius? Pah, it was a done deal. Faustina Senior was the wife of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD).
<< <i>gVF/VF Julia Soaemias AR Denarius / Venus
Attribution: RIC IV 243, RSC 14
Date: 218-222 AD
Obverse: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, Draped bust of Julia Soaemius right
Reverse: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left holding apple and sceptre child before
Size: 19.57 mm
Weight: 2.9 grams
Description: A very nice example with great hair detail >>
At 87 bucks, this was the most expensive of the trio, but also the pick of the litter, so to speak. Julia Soaemias was the mother of Elagabalus (218-222 AD).
<< <i>F/F Salonina AE Dated Antoninianus / Venus
Attribution: RIC Vi 86 Asia
Date: 267 AD
Obverse: SALONINA AVG, Bust right on crescent
Reverse: VENVS AVG, Venus standing left holding helmet and javelin, leaninf on shield, PXV below
Size: 20.62 mm
Weight: 2.8 grams
Description: Ex HV Bertrand 1962 >>
Sure, this has some porosity, but I liked the portrait on it, the way the bust sits on a crescent. Plus, it had a readable name and clear legends, an oldish pedigree, and it cost only 17 bucks. Again, a no-brainer, as far as I'm concerned. Salonina was the wife of Gallienus (260-268 AD).
Of course there are still a lot of males I need in the set, but I think it needed the "feminine touch".
(Yes, Don, I now lament the lost opportunity I had to grab some of those beauties that were consigned to you not long ago. Let me know if you get more.)
I bought three last night from Marc Breitsprecher at Ancient Imports, who's a class act, BTW.
So far I haven't gone on a wild spending spree with them and two are rather low grade, but one is pretty sweet.
<< <i>F/VG Faustina I AE Sestertius
Date: after 141 AD
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust right
Reverse: S C, Female deity standing left, holding long torch and fasces
Size: 31.41 mm
Weight: 24.5 grams
Description: A decent and affordable sestertius >>
This had a clear enough portrait and a readable name, and it's a nice big fat sestertius. Her bronze is R4 instead of R3 for the silver, so it's slightly scarcer.
A measly 27 bucks for a sestertius? Pah, it was a done deal. Faustina Senior was the wife of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD).
<< <i>gVF/VF Julia Soaemias AR Denarius / Venus
Attribution: RIC IV 243, RSC 14
Date: 218-222 AD
Obverse: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, Draped bust of Julia Soaemius right
Reverse: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left holding apple and sceptre child before
Size: 19.57 mm
Weight: 2.9 grams
Description: A very nice example with great hair detail >>
At 87 bucks, this was the most expensive of the trio, but also the pick of the litter, so to speak. Julia Soaemias was the mother of Elagabalus (218-222 AD).
<< <i>F/F Salonina AE Dated Antoninianus / Venus
Attribution: RIC Vi 86 Asia
Date: 267 AD
Obverse: SALONINA AVG, Bust right on crescent
Reverse: VENVS AVG, Venus standing left holding helmet and javelin, leaninf on shield, PXV below
Size: 20.62 mm
Weight: 2.8 grams
Description: Ex HV Bertrand 1962 >>
Sure, this has some porosity, but I liked the portrait on it, the way the bust sits on a crescent. Plus, it had a readable name and clear legends, an oldish pedigree, and it cost only 17 bucks. Again, a no-brainer, as far as I'm concerned. Salonina was the wife of Gallienus (260-268 AD).
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Didn't know you were into older women, Rob. REALLY older women. Nice "pick-ups"....!
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"Coin goggles" might be a similar affliction....
<< <i>even if Faustina looks more like a Faustin >>
Hey, she was dead even when the coin was made, so whaddya expect. (Note the "Diva" in DIVA FAVSTINA). They'd already made 'er a goddess, though "diva" has a somewhat different connotation today, I guess.
<< <i>(Yes, Don, I now lament the lost opportunity I had to grab some of those beauties that were consigned to you not long ago. Let me know if you get more.) >>
That source has almost dried up. Only 14 coins left and they are out being graded by ICG.
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$17!
Thats a nice deal!
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Nice coins lordm.
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<< <i>Orichalcum sestertius, RIC 203, VF, Rome mint, 16.110g, 30.0mm, 0°, 244-249 A.D.; obverse MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed draped bust right; reverse CONCORDIA AVGG S C, Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. >>
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