Civic bronze coin of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS0108)

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Title

Civic bronze coin of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS0108)

Description

Local bronze coin from Bostra (193-211 CE) depicting Septimius Severus and Julia Domna on the obverse

Source

Publisher

Spijkerman 1978:76-77, no.34.

Date

Format

Bronze

Language

Identifier

BOS0108

Numismatics Item Type Metadata

Metal

Bronze

Weight (g)

12-18.33g

Diameter (mm)

26-27mm

Province

Arabia

Obverse Type

Jugate busts of Septimius Severus, wearing a paludamentum and cuirass, with Julia Domna, draped, at rear.

Reverse Type

Tetrastyle temple; within, Tyche standing facing right, draped and wearing a turreted crown, holding a cornucopia in her left hand, and a spear in her right hand surmounted by an eagle. She is standing on a small crouching figure. Flanking Tyche on both sides are figures seated on rocks.

Obverse Legends

AVT K ΛΟV CEΠ CEOV HPON KAI IOV ΔOMAN CE (Autokrator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus and Julia Domna Sebaste)

Reverse Legends

NEA TPA IA NHC BOC TPA (Nova Traiani Bostra)

Type Notes

Meshorer et al. (2013: 150, no.30) publishes an example where Julia Domna is rendered IOY ΔΟΜΝΑΝ.

Role 1

Name 2

Role 2

Notes

See variant obverse type: BOS0109 (which features the same reverse type as shown here)

Selected Bibliography

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.76-77, no.34)

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.150, no.30-31)

Citation

“Civic bronze coin of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS0108),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/45.

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