Coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon (ASC0106)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon (ASC0106)
Description
Local bronze coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon, 200/201 CE, with Diouscouri on the reverse (ASC0106)
Source
Publisher
Meshorer et al. 2013: 103, no.176
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
ASC0106
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
10.35g
Province
Syria Palaestina
Era Used
Local Era (104/103 BCE)
Obverse Type
Bust of Julia Domna, facing right
Reverse Type
Dioscouri standing, holding spears and facing each other, with crescent between them and stars above each figure's head.
Obverse Legends
ΔΟΜΝΑ CΕΒΑCT ([Julia] Domna, Sebasta)
Reverse Legends
ΑCΚΑΛW ΔΤ (of Ascalon, date=304=200/201 CE)
Type Notes
This reverse type is nearly identical to that used on coins of Faustina Iunior (ASC0105)
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
Yashin (2007, 61, no.238) published an example of this same obv/rev combination dated to 197/198 CE.
Selected Bibliography
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.103 no.176).
Yashin, C. 2007. From Ascalon to Raphia: city-coins of the Southern Palestinian Coast. Jerusalem. (pp.61, no.238)
Yashin, C. 2007. From Ascalon to Raphia: city-coins of the Southern Palestinian Coast. Jerusalem. (pp.61, no.238)
Citation
“Coin of Julia Domna from Ascalon (ASC0106),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/187.