Coin of Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS107)

Coin of Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS107)

Civic bronze coin from Bostra (209/210 CE) with an obverse design of Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Septimius Severus

Spijkerman 1978:76-77, no.36. and British Museum Online Collection 1908,0110.1426

Coins pictured from:
1. British Museum Online Collection no.1908,0110.1426
2. Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques [ark:/12148/btv1b8498836d]
3. British Museum Online Collection no.1931,0603.3

(1 & 3) Trustees of the British Museum
(2) Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques

Bronze

BOS0107

Bronze

12.45-13.93g

25-29mm

Arabia

Provincial era (106 CE)

Draped bust of Julia Domna, facing right

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.

IOVΛIA ΔΟΜΝΑCEB (Julia Domna Sebaste)

NETP BOCTPA ETPΔ (Nova Traiana Bostra; date=104)

This type of Tyche (holding a spear and cornucopia, and standing on a small crouching figure) appears on other coins of Bostra (e.g. BOS0106)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques [ark:/12148/btv1b8498836d]

British Museum Online Collection no.1931,0603.3 & no.1908,0110.1426

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.76-77, no.36)

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.32)