Dardanos, Iulia Domna, bronze coin — Goddess standing facing (CN type 4012)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–217
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Dardanos in Troas under Iulia Domna, dated AD 193–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 4012 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna, right. Legend: ΙΟV ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹ. Reverse: Goddess standing facing, head to left, wearing stephane, veil and long garment, holding patera over lighted altar with her right hand and scepter in her left. Legend: ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.83 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22.3–29 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Mionnet, T.2. Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales T. 2, Paris 1807, p. 656, nr. 182; Baldus, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Staatliche Münzsammlung München. 19.Heft. Troas - Lesbos. Nr. 1-813 19, München 1991, nr. 185, pl. 7, pic. 185; Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge II. Mysien 7191-7531, Troas 7532-7666, Aeolis 7667-7709, Lesbos 7710-7758, Berlin 1967, nr. 7596, pl. 263, pic. 7596; Forrer, The Weber collection: Greek coins, New York 1975, p. 148, nr. 5365, pl. 194, pic. 5365.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 6
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Historical context
Dardanos, also recorded as Dardanus, was an ancient city located in the Troad. This civic bronze piece was struck by the city during the Roman Imperial Period under Julia Domna, who lived from c. 160 to 217 AD. Domna was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus, becoming the first empress of the Severan dynasty and wielding significant political and social influence until her death in 217.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22.3–29 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.83 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Dardanos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Iulia Domna
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Julia Domna, right.
- Reverse type
- Goddess standing facing, head to left, wearing stephane, veil and long garment, holding patera over lighted altar with her right hand and scepter in her left.
- Obverse legend
- ΙΟV ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ
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/4012
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 4012
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 656, nr. 182
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 185, pl. 7, pic. 185
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7596, pl. 263, pic. 7596
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 148, nr. 5365, pl. 194, pic. 5365
Research required
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