Coin of Trachonitis under Julia Domna

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1980.85.245
People: Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Roman (r. 193 - 217 CE)
Title: Coin of Trachonitis under Julia Domna
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 193-211 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Trachonitis (Syria)
Period: Roman Imperial period
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/183070

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 10.65 g
Die Axis: 11

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: unpublished? cf. BMC 1 for rev. (M. Aurelius)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year: 1980
Object Number: 1980.85.245
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of Julia Domna r.
Rev.: Zeus, naked, standing l., in l. scepter, in r. patera held over lighted altar.

Verification Level

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