v19_0232 - JULIA DOMNA Drachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable avec un revers inhabituel. Flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement corrodé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Julia Domna à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, la chevelure en tresses, ramenée derrière la tête (L).
Obverse legend : IOULIA DO-MNA [SE]
Obverse translation : (Julia Domna augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aphrodite (Vénus) drapée debout à droite, relevant sa main droite derrière la tête et tenant une pomme de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : MHTROPO - [KAISARI]/ ET E
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée, an 5).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
JULIA DOMNA
(+217)
Augusta
Julia Domna is from Emesa in Syria and daughter of the High Priest of Baal of Emesa. Septimius Severus married her around 180. She gave him two sons, Caracalla, born in Lyon in 188, and Géta, born in 189. She was proclaimed Augusta in 194, accompanied the Emperor on his travels and therefore received the title of " Mother of the camps". During the Brittany expedition, she was regent in Rome. After the death of Septimius Severus, she received new honors, Mother of the Senate and Mother of the Country, as well as the titles of Pia Felix (pious and happy). In 212, Geta was assassinated by his brother in the arms of Domna. During Caracalla's Germanic and Parthian expeditions, Domna remained in Rome. After the death of her son, she is exiled by Macrinus and dies soon after..
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