Coin of Julia Domna from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0105)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Julia Domna from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0105)
Description
Local bronze coin of Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Septimius Severus, from Nysa-Scythopolis (206/207 CE)
Source
Publisher
Meshorer et al. 2013:184, no.30.
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
SCY0105
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
8.99-10.82g
Diameter (mm)
21-23mm
Province
Syria Palaestina
Region
Decapolis
Era Used
Local era (64 BCE)
Obverse Type
Bust of Julia Domna, facing right
Reverse Type
Two draped figures (Demeter and Kore-Persephone?) standing and facing one another, both placing a hand on a central torch; figure at left holds ears of grain.
Obverse Legends
IOYΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑC (Julia Domna Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
NYC CKVΘ IEP ACY (Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable)
Type Notes
Spijkerman (1978:196-197, no.27) identifies the reverse figures as Athena and Demeter.
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
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.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Citation
“Coin of Julia Domna from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0105),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/68.