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Detailed information about the coin Denarius, Julia Domna (DIANA LVCIFERA; Diana), Roman Empire (27 BC, 395 AD), with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
- Julia Domna (193-211)
- Standard circulation coin
- Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC-395 AD)
- 196-211
- Obverse
- Reverse
Bust of Julia Domna, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, draped, right. Script:Latin Lettering: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG Translation: Iulia Pia Felix Augusta. Julia, the pious, fortunate, and venerable.
Luna (Diana?), with crescent on brow, mantle flying behind her, draped, standing left in biga. Script:Latin Lettering: LVNA LVCIFERA Translation: Luna Lucifera. Luna, the bringer of light.
DIANA LUCIFERA. Diana the bringer of light. On first and second brass of Faustina, and on gold of Julia Domna, bearing this legend of reverse, the image of the goddess stands, holding transversely, with both hands, a lighted torch--Engraved in Spanheim's Cesares of Julian, p. 45.
Julia Domna, AE15 of Acrasus, Lydia. 193-235 AD. 1.27g.
Julia Domna's portraits are noted for her distinctive hairstyle, a mass of hair falling in waves from its central part, then caught in a braided bun at the back; the hair is so heavy and stiff that it is likely to have been a wig. On the reverse of this coin she is associated with Diana Lucifera, the moon goddess and bearer of light. K.L.M.
Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.12 g), Rome, 211-217. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG Draped bust of Julia Domna to right.
Absolutely stunning in hand and really it's something you have to hold to fully appreciate. High quality denarii of Julia Domna are by no means rare, but this coin takes it to an entire new level of beauty!
