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Julia Domna (wife of S. Severus) AR Denarius. Uncertain eastern mint, circa AD 196-211. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / VENVS VIC[TRIX], Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre, resting on shield set on helmet. RIC -, but for rev. type cf. RIC (Caracalla) 311b (Rome); BMCRE -. 3.09g, 19mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine; deeply toned. Apparently unpublished.
From a private Swiss collection.
This reverse type is unrecorded for Julia Domna, although it appears on the coins of Caracalla struck at Rome between AD 213-217. The obverse titulature suggests that this coin was struck before the reign of Caracalla, as the titles PIA FELIX were conferred to Domna on the death of Septimius Severus. This cataloguer finds the style of this coin to be closer to that of one of the eastern mints and proposes that this issue may have provided the iconography for the Rome mint striking under the authority of Caracalla.
Near Extremely Fine; deeply toned. Apparently unpublished.
From a private Swiss collection.
This reverse type is unrecorded for Julia Domna, although it appears on the coins of Caracalla struck at Rome between AD 213-217. The obverse titulature suggests that this coin was struck before the reign of Caracalla, as the titles PIA FELIX were conferred to Domna on the death of Septimius Severus. This cataloguer finds the style of this coin to be closer to that of one of the eastern mints and proposes that this issue may have provided the iconography for the Rome mint striking under the authority of Caracalla.