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I have added this coin to my Ladies of Rome sub collection. One would think I should have had one of Julia Mamaea a long time ago, but, for whatever reason, I just never acquired any of her coins. This is the first. I have it attributed as a Denarius struck at Rome in 222 AD, RIC 343: OBV: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, draped bust right REV: IVNO CONSERVATRIX, Juno standing left, holding patera & scepter, peacock at feet left  Edited by Bing
07/08/2012 7:31 pm
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Very nice! I love it when the figures on the reverse have intact facial features.
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Thanks, but I wish the reverse legend were intact as well. However, it was the portrait that sold me on this coin. Plenty of detail still remaining.
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Wow, pretty hot coin, Bing ... yah, I don't have too many Roman coins with females on them (Greek coins have a whole lotta females on them ... Roma, Athena, etc) ...
Uh-huh => just like my great-great-great-great .... great-great-great Grandmother used to say to me:
=> stevex6, ya can't swing a dead Macedonian-cat without hitting a female on a Greek coin!!
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07/08/2012 8:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice. You guys keep posting photos of these ancients and I just might get hooked on them.
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She is a beauty, very nice detail.
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very nice jw, the obverse is great. I still don't have any ladies....sounds like my early high school days all over again.   i did have a rockin' 12th level ranger! |
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I have a niece who recently attained a pHd in Roman sociology. A small part of her study included Roman ladies' hairstyles, which was illustrated with female portraiture as shown on a series of denarii from a number of famous museums.
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You guys keep posting photos of these ancients and I just might get hooked on them.
 It is hard to resist these beauties....must...stay...focused..... |
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that's cool sel, I was just thinking that must have been a popular hair style, seems like it is on lots of coins.
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Nicelly defined portrait--you know how to pick'em JW! |
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I have a niece who recently attained a pHd in Roman sociology. A small part of her study included Roman ladies' hairstyles, which was illustrated with female portraiture as shown on a series of denarii from a number of famous museums. A few months back I saw a youtube video a hairdresser made about roman hairstyles. It was one of those things where I'm not sure how I ended up watching it, but it was actually kind of interesting to see history through a hairdresser's eyes. |
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Posted 07/08/2012 7:44 pm
