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Numismatics
Silver and bronze coins, tokens, weights
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
10.35g
Province
Syria Palaestina
Era Used
Local Era (104/103 BCE)
Obverse Type
Bust of Julia Domna, facing right
Reverse Type
Dioscouri standing, holding spears and facing each other, with crescent between them and stars above each figure's head.
Obverse Legends
ΔΟΜΝΑ CΕΒΑCT ([Julia] Domna, Sebasta)
Reverse Legends
ΑCΚΑΛW ΔΤ (of Ascalon, date=304=200/201 CE)
Type Notes
This reverse type is nearly identical to that used on coins of Faustina Iunior (ASC0105)
Name 1
Julia Domna
Role 1
Empress
Selected Bibliography
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.103 no.176).
Yashin, C. 2007. From Ascalon to Raphia: city-coins of the Southern Palestinian Coast. Jerusalem. (pp.61, no.238)
Notes
Yashin (2007, 61, no.238) published an example of this same obv/rev combination dated to 197/198 CE.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon (ASC0106)
Description
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Local bronze coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon, 200/201 CE, with Diouscouri on the reverse (ASC0106)
Source
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Ascalon
Publisher
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Meshorer et al. 2013: 103, no.176
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
200/201 CE
Format
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Bronze
Language
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Greek
Identifier
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ASC0106
Ascalon
bronze
coin
empress
Greek
imperial
Julia Domna