Bronze coin of Julia Domna from Dium (DIU0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Julia Domna from Dium (DIU0101)
Description
Local bronze coin from Dium (205/206 CE) with Julia Domna on the obverse
Source
Publisher
Spijkerman 1978:118-119, no.4.
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
DIU0101
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
6.90-7.11g
Diameter (mm)
19-21mm
Province
Arabia
Era Used
Local era (between 64-62 BCE)
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Julia Domna, facing right
Reverse Type
Tyche, draped and wearing a turreted crown, standing facing right, holding a sceptre and standing on the figure of a river god. To the right is a column with Nike standing atop, reaching a crown toward Tyche.
Obverse Legends
IOVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ (Julia Domna)
Reverse Legends
ΔΕΙΗΝWN HIC (of [the people of] Dium; date=268)
Name 1
Notes
Spijkerman (1978:118-119, no.5) publishes a second very similar example dated to 207/208 CE.
The river god appearing with Tyche is perhaps a personification of a branch of the Jabbok River (Meshorer et al. 2013:158)
The river god appearing with Tyche is perhaps a personification of a branch of the Jabbok River (Meshorer et al. 2013:158)
Selected Bibliography
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.118-1119, no.4-5)
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.
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.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Julia Domna from Dium (DIU0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/56.