v21_2761 - JULIA DOMNA Denier

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: 193-194

Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie (Alexandria)

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,43 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable. Frappe molle au revers

Catalogue references :

C.- - RIC.608 (R2) - BMC/RE.- p. 86 - RSC.10 - RCV.- - MRK.50 /9

Obverse

Obverse legend : IVLIA DO-MNA AVG.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Julia Domna à droite, la chevelure en tresses ramenées derrière la tête (L).

Obverse translation : "Iulia Domna Augusta", (Julia Domna Augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : BONI - E-VENTVS.

Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) debout à gauche, tenant une corbeille de fruits de la main droite et des épis de la gauche.

Reverse translation : "Boni Eventus", (Les Bons Événements).

Commentary

Portrait tout à fait inhabituel. Le seul exemplaire signalé provient de la collection L. A. Lawrence. De style, notre denier est proche des pièces décrites dans le Roman Imperial Coinage (pl. 9, n° 11 et 12).

Historical background

JULIA DOMNA

(+217)

Augusta

Julia Domna is from Emesa in Syria and daughter of the High Priest of Baal of Emesa. Septimius Severus married her around 180. She gave him two sons, Caracalla, born in Lyon in 188, and Géta, born in 189. She was proclaimed Augusta in 194, accompanied the Emperor on his travels and therefore received the title of " Mother of the camps". During the Brittany expedition, she was regent in Rome. After the death of Septimius Severus, she received new honors, Mother of the Senate and Mother of the Country, as well as the titles of Pia Felix (pious and happy). In 212, Geta was assassinated by his brother in the arms of Domna. During Caracalla's Germanic and Parthian expeditions, Domna remained in Rome. After the death of her son, she is exiled by Macrinus and dies soon after..

JULIA DOMNA Denier AU/AU

150.00 €

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JULIA DOMNA Denier MS/AU

280.00 €

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JULIA DOMNA Assarion XF

180.00 €

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JULIA DOMNA Assarion AU

125.00 €

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JULIA DOMNA Assarion XF

70.00 €

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JULIA DOMNA Assarion XF

70.00 €

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v21_2761 - JULIA DOMNA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

JULIA DOMNA

(+217)

Augusta

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