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Istros, Iulia Domna, bronze coin — Hermes standing left (CN type 23185)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 193–217

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin in bronze struck at Istros in Moesia inferior under Iulia Domna, dated c. AD 193–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23185 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna, right. Legend: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ Ϲ. Reverse: Hermes standing left, holding purse in his right hand and caduceus and garment in his left. Legend: ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.96 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

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Historical context

Istros was founded by Milesian settlers in the 7th century BC as a Greek colony on the western coast of the Black Sea, later coming under Roman rule from the 1st century AD in the province of Moesia. Julia Domna, born in Emesa in Roman Syria, was empress as the wife of Septimius Severus and the mother of emperors Caracalla and Geta. Following the death of Severus in 211 AD, she remained active at court and accompanied Caracalla on campaigns until her death in 217 AD.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.96 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Istros
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Iulia Domna

Design

Obverse type
Draped bust of Julia Domna, right.
Reverse type
Hermes standing left, holding purse in his right hand and caduceus and garment in his left.
Obverse legend
ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ Ϲ
Reverse legend
ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ

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/23185
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23185
Source note
The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.

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