Civic bronze coin of Julia Mamaea from Bostra (BOS0111)

Civic bronze coin of Julia Mamaea from Bostra (BOS0111)

Local bronze coin depicting Julia Mamaea on the obverse from Bostra (222-235 CE)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Y 28632.13

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques

Bronze

BOS0111

Bronze

4.77-16.82g

22

Arabia

Draped bust of Julia Mamaea, facing right and wearing stephane

Tetrastyle temple; within, Tyche stands facing front, wearing a turreted crown, holding a scepter with a trophy in her right hand, and a cornucopia in her left. She stands on a small crouching figure, while two smaller figures flank her on either side.

IULIAMAMAEA AUGUSTA (Julia Mamaea Augusta)

N TR A LEXA NDRI AN AE COL BOSTR (Nova Traiani Alexandriana Colonia Bostra)

The city is given the title Colonia Nova Traiana Alexandrian Bostra here, as on some local coins of Severus Alexander (Spijkerman 1978:80-81. no.51; Meshorer et al. 2013:151, no.42)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8498857k]

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.82-83, no.54)

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.