Bronze coin of Julia Domna from Gadara (GAD0103)

Bronze coin of Julia Domna from Gadara (GAD0103)

Local bronze coin of Julia Domna, mother of the emperors Commodus and Geta, from Gadara (214/215 CE)

Spijkerman 1978:146-147, no.71

Bronze

GAD0103

Bronze

3.93-7.63g

20-22mm

Arabia

Decapolis

Local era (64/63 BCE)

Draped bust of Julia Domna, facing right

Tyche standing facing right between two columns, draped and wearing turreted crown, holding a scepter and cornucopia, with a river god below; to the right, a Nike standing on a column with a wreath, and another smaller figure on a column.

IOVΛΙΑ AVΓVCTA (Julia Augusta)

ΓΑΔΑ A P AETHOC (of [the people of] Gadara; year=278)

Spijkerman 1978 (146-147, no.71) includes a second example where the reverse inscription reads: ΓΑΔΑ EW [N] ET HOC

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.146-167, no.71)

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. (p.167, no.72)