Civic bronze coin of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS0108)

Civic bronze coin of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Bostra (BΟS0108)

Local bronze coin from Bostra (193-211 CE) depicting Septimius Severus and Julia Domna on the obverse

Spijkerman 1978:76-77, no.34.

Bronze

BOS0108

Bronze

12-18.33g

26-27mm

Arabia

Jugate busts of Septimius Severus, wearing a paludamentum and cuirass, with Julia Domna, draped, at rear.

Tetrastyle temple; within, Tyche standing facing right, draped and wearing a turreted crown, holding a cornucopia in her left hand, and a spear in her right hand surmounted by an eagle. She is standing on a small crouching figure. Flanking Tyche on both sides are figures seated on rocks.

AVT K ΛΟV CEΠ CEOV HPON KAI IOV ΔOMAN CE (Autokrator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus and Julia Domna Sebaste)

NEA TPA IA NHC BOC TPA (Nova Traiani Bostra)

Meshorer et al. (2013: 150, no.30) publishes an example where Julia Domna is rendered IOY ΔΟΜΝΑΝ.

See variant obverse type: BOS0109 (which features the same reverse type as shown here)

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.76-77, no.34)

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.150, no.30-31)