2005.115.190: Denarius of Julia Domna, Rome
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.190
- People
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Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Roman (r. 193 - 217 CE)
- Title
- Denarius of Julia Domna, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 198 -209 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/21067
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.53 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IVLIA AVGVSTA
- Reverse Inscription: HIL A RITAS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC V 35 p.161
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.190
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Julia Domna to r., draped, head bare, hair waved and arranged in horizontal ridges with large chignon at the back.
Rev.: Hilaritas standing, facing l., draped, holding a palm vertically touching ground in r. hand and a cornucopiae in l. arm; to l. and r. young naked boys holding out hands, the one l. touching palm, the one r. touching dress.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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