Denarius
Julia Domna
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
196-211
Silver
Diameter: 5/8 in. (16.3 mm)
Weight: 3.38 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29391
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Draped female bust right; hair in queue, five (?) ridges; no frame; round hole of diameter 2.5 mm in head 1.5 mm below 11:30. Inscribed clockwise, inward, from 8:00-10:00: I V L I A; from 2:00-4:30: [A V] G V S T A; "X" scratched onto outer edge at 6:00. Reverse: Female figure, veiled and fully draped, standing left; holding round object (patera?) in extended right hand; left arm at side, holding vertical staff and fold of drapery. Inscribed clockwise, inward, from 1:30-4:30: SANCTAE; somewhere on left side: [VESTAE] (possible trace of this "E" at 1:00); framed 2:00-4:00; axis up.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC 587, CREBM 99 (possibly also 100 or 101; pl. 29.8)
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