a little cupid with Venus:

I have never seen a mouse on an ancient before- love it! Here are a couple of my critters:

bee:

ram leaping above Tyche:

and hound:

Thank you for another great Faustina Friday! I am sad the catalog is finished. 🥲

I had to go back and read your previous FF post about #1342! Very interesting- that must have taken some time to work out.

Sadly no exact matches for this page for me!

your Sulzer #1336 is very nice, the patina is beautiful!

I do have a few that fit:
Sulzer #1337-1338:

Sulzer #1340:

11 hours ago, Severus Alexander said:

Fantastic As @ominus1! 

My little group:

The JD from Alexandria mint is making me a little green. Also the Portrait on the Thessalonica Provincial is absolutely beautiful.

I just received this Faustina As today. So she has never been posted her before:

I can never get enough JD. Now seeing the pictures, I need to re-shoot the Pegasus- it does not do the coin justice. 😅

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Perhaps he had an example of the DIVA FAV-STINA legend break- where only the DIVA F was legible? It could easily be mistaken for DIVAE if the AV and left side is worn.

I have two that have Poppies. 🙂

Julia Domna, Sardes in Lydia
IOYΛΙA CЄBACTH, Draped bust right

CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ B NЄΩKOPΩN, cult image of Kore facing, wearing polos and veil, between a corn-ear on the left and poppy on the right

My Favorite Provincial (a JD of course) features Melicertes:

11 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Note that I am by no means certain that the armed figure is as “clearly male” as Crawford asserts; I am not even sure what it is that leads him to hold that opinion so strongly.

I also wonder what would make this figure clearly male?

A very interesting write up, thank you. I do not collect Roman Republican coins but I do enjoy the style and imagery!

I have only a coin that depicts *Liberalitas:

Yay, it's Friday! 😄

A very interesting read, especially about Sulzer #1318. I think it is possible that the coin is real- I guess until we find an example it will be a mystery.

Faustina Friday is becoming expensive to read- I added four Faustina I this week. 🥲

Sadly, I only have one from this page!

Sulzer #1307:

A very nice coin from Thessalonica, I like the details that you can see with the video!

I have a weakness for Macedonian Coins, especially from Stobi.

Here is one of my favorite JD Provincials from Thessalonica:

I use a gooseneck phone holder for any filming:

Congratulations on your replacement 😄 I have always thought the hash marks on the Septimius elephants was just to show the elephant skin texture.

I would love to add a Caesar elephant coin (someday)- and now maybe a few others from this thread that I have not seen before!

Here are my elephants:

Septimius- (don't want to mess with this one, he is angry)

Antiochus VI

India, Mysore

I love Barbaric imitations.

Here are a two of mine imitating Domna and Septimius from Emesa:

I started out with uncleaned coin lots and found quite a few little treasures in my piles. (Proculus and a Constantine II from Alexandria)

I don't clean anymore and not for quite some time but I did keep some of my favorites!

Aquilia Severa, Concordia (She is a mess but still fun to find in an uncleaned lot!)

Thrace Cherronesos, Fouree

Sicily, Syracuse

Thank you for another Faustina Friday. What a fun idea to match the coins to the catalogue. I will be looking forward to the future pages!

I do not have any of the 1285-1296 coins 😐 the only Aeternitas of Faustina Senior I have are the eight rayed star and throne and peacock. 

Sulzer #1297-98:

Sulzer #1299(ish) 😄

Sulzer #1303:

A thread I can get into! One of my very first purchases 22 years ago was a Medusa Aegis type and my nickname was Medusa at the time also. 😆

Here are a few of mine:

I would love to add one of the Perseus/Medusa type one day and perhaps find better examples than these that I collected so early on!

I was looking forward to Faustina Friday!

The Temple reverse is one of my favorite for The Elder Faustina. Here is mine:

DIVA - FAVSTINA
Draped bust right
AED DIV FAVSTINAE
Temple with six columns
RIC 343, S 4573
Ar Denarius; 18mm; 3.20g

I find myself waiting for Friday's now just to read Faustina Friday. It also is starting to be an expensive reading habit- as I find myself researching and buying new Faustina coins. 😰

I do not have a Pietas reverse for Faustina Senior. I am a left facing portrait fanatic and love that she has both drape and stephane.

I do have two Pietas for Julia Domna as she is my main gal. (with Faustina Junior and Plautilla in a close second)

IVLIA DO-MNA AVG
draped bust right
PIE-TAS
Pietas seated left, holding palladium in right hand

mint of Alexandria

I think my largest is 25mm and while he is out of my collecting area- I couldn't pass up his double eyes.

Still have it @Qcumbor 🙂 and its still one of my favorites!

Yours is spectacular, the desert highlights and details are beautiful.

I have four of Salonina but none in such beautiful condition as yours! The first two are my favorite portraits for Salonina.

I find your #1 coin very interesting, I might have to go on my own obsessive hunt! 😄 I have the standing version but have not seen the seated before.

/return to lurking

Mine: