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Magnia Urbica, Augusta middle 283 - middle 285 A.D.

The wife of Carinus, who reigned 283 - 285 A.D., and mother of Nigrinian, Magnia Urbica is known only from her coins and few inscriptions.

|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |Mid| |283| |-| |Mid| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!
RA86189. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 343 (S); Cohen VI 17; SRCV III 12424; Hunter IV p. 216, 4 var. (dot in crescent), F, centered on a broad flan, bumps and marks, weight 3.416 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 0o, 6th officina, Rome mint, 284 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, helmet in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, grounded shield at feet on left, KA crescent Σ in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |middle| |283| |-| |middle| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
The epithet Genetrix identified Venus as the goddess of motherhood and domesticity.
SH01819. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 337 (R); Hunter IV, p. 217, 8; Cohen VI 8; Pink p. 24, series 6; SRCV III 12421, F, well centered, green patina, weight 4.06 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 180o, 4th officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, c. 284 A.D.; obverse MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders; reverse VENVS GENETRIX (Mother Venus), Venus standing facing, head left, apple in right hand, long scepter vertical in left field, D (4th officina) in left field; very scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |middle| |283| |-| |middle| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Salus was the Roman goddess of health. She was Hygieia to the Greeks, who believed her to be the daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine and healing, and Epione, the goddess of soothing of pain. Her father Asclepius learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one snake bringing another snake healing herbs. Woman seeking fertility, the sick, and the injured slept in his temples in chambers where non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor and provide healing.
RA84361. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 349 (R2); Cohen VI 7; SRCV III 12419; Hunter IV - (p. clxviii), F, well centered, porous, rough, edge chip, weight 3.044 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 0o, 1st officina, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, 284 A.D.; obverse MAGNIAE VRBICAE AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders; reverse SALVS PVBLICA (health of the public), Salus enthroned left, from patera in right hand, feeding snake rising up from altar on left, A (1st officina) right, SMSXXI in exergue; very rare; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |Mid| |283| |-| |Mid| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!

SH56932. Silvered antoninianus, Hunter IV, p. 216, 2; RIC V-2 343 (S); Cohen VI 17; SRCV III 12424, VF, weight 2.859 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 0o, 6th officina, Rome mint, 284 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, helmet in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, grounded shield at feet on left, KAΣ in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |middle| |283| |-| |middle| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!
SH13738. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 347 (S); Hunter IV, p. 218, 11; Cohen VI 15; SRCV III 12423, VF, weight 2.919 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 180o, 2nd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, 283 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing half left, helmeT in extended right hand, long scepter transverse in left hand, shield at feet on right, SXXIT in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |middle| |283| |-| |middle| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Venus (Aphrodite) can be faulted for the Trojan War. Upset that she was not invited to a wedding, she went anyway and maliciously left a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest" on the banquet table. The goddesses, as Aphrodite expected, argued who was the rightful possessor of this prize. It was determined the most handsome mortal in the world, a noble Trojan youth named Paris, would decide. Each of the three finalists offered Paris a bribe. Hera promised he would rule the world. Athena said she would make him victorious in battle. Aphrodite guaranteed the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. This was Helen, who was married to the king of Sparta. Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite enabled Paris to elope with Helen, Helen of Troy. Helen's husband raised a Greek army to retrieve his wife, starting the Trojan War.
SH26417. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 345 (R); Hunter IV, p. 217, 10; Cohen VI 9; SRCV III 12420, VF, some smoothing, weight 3.070 g, maximum diameter 23.5 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, 283 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent; reverse VENVS CELEST (heavenly Venus), Venus standing half left, apple in right hand, scepter vertical in left hand, SXXI in exergue; rare; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |Mid| |283| |-| |Mid| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!
SH37820. Silvered antoninianus, Hunter IV, p. 216, 4; RIC V-2 343 (S); Cohen VI 17; SRCV III 12424, VF, weight 3.027 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 180o, 6th officina, Rome mint, 284 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, helmet in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, grounded shield at feet on left, KA dot in crescent Σ in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |Mid| |283| |-| |Mid| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!
RA85025. Billon antoninianus, Hunter IV, p. 216, 2; RIC V-2 343 (S); Cohen VI 17; SRCV III 12424, VF, full circles centering, traces of silvering, corrosion, weight 3.845 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 180o, 6th officina, Rome mint, 284 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, helmet in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, grounded shield at feet on left, KAΣ in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Magnia| |Urbica|, |Magnia| |Urbica,| |Augusta| |Mid| |283| |-| |Mid| |285| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Sulla, in a dream, was the first to see Venus as Venus Victrix (victorious Venus) with the weapons of Mars. He made her his patroness. Pompey inaugurated the cult of Venus Victrix in Rome. The night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix, seemingly a lucky sign. That night Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued Venus Victrix as the watch word. Caesar was victorious in the battle!
SH32719. Silvered antoninianus, Hunter IV, p. 216, 4; RIC V-2 343 (S); Cohen VI 17; SRCV III 12424, VF, weight 4.096 g, maximum diameter 24.0 mm, die axis 0o, 6th officina, Rome mint, 284 - 285 A.D.; obverse MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, helmet in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, grounded shield at feet on left, KA dot in crescent Σ in exergue; scarce; SOLD








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