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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.190
People
Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Roman (r. 193 - 217 CE)
Title
Denarius of Julia Domna, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
198 -209 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/21067

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.53 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
denarius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IVLIA AVGVSTA
  • Reverse Inscription: HIL A RITAS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC V 35 p.161

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.190
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Julia Domna to r., draped, head bare, hair waved and arranged in horizontal ridges with large chignon at the back.
Rev.: Hilaritas standing, facing l., draped, holding a palm vertically touching ground in r. hand and a cornucopiae in l. arm; to l. and r. young naked boys holding out hands, the one l. touching palm, the one r. touching dress.

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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