Topeiros, Iulia Domna, 4 unit — Artemis advancing right (CN type 12008)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 205–211
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Iulia Domna, dated c. AD 205–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12008 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna, right. Legend: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ. Reverse: Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder; at her feet, hound. Legend: ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΙΡΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.73 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 24 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Peter, Gegenstempel und Pseudogegenstempel auf den Münzen von Topeiros., 2000, p. 715-720.
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Historical context
Julia Domna served as Roman empress from 193 to 211 following the accession of her husband, Emperor Septimius Severus, with whom she founded the Severan dynasty. Born in Emesa in Roman Syria, Domna exercised substantial political, social, and philosophical influence at court. Struck at Topeiros in Thrace, this civic bronze coin dates to c. AD 205–211, when her elder son Caracalla was also ruling alongside Severus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.73 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Iulia Domna
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Julia Domna, right.
- Reverse type
- Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder; at her feet, hound.
- Obverse legend
- ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΙΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12008
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12008
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
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- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 715-720
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