Denarius of Julia Domna, "MATER DEVM"
Julia Domna, Roman Imperial, Roman Empire
198-201
Silver
Overall: 3/4 in. (19 mm)
Weight: 3.1 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29392
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Classification
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscription
Obverse: female bust facing right, draped, pleated/waved hair [wig?] done up in flattened bun at back; in field, IVLIA (left) and AVGVSTA (right) clockwise (“Julia Augusta”); border of dots. Reverse: seated Cybele/Magna Mater facing left, wearing mural crown, holding palm branch in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on drum [and holding scepter]; lions crouched on either side; in field, MATER (left) and DEVM (right) clockwise (“Mother of gods”); border of dots.
Course History
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2014
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2012
CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012
ARTH 25, Roman Art, Kathleen Corrigan, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Yale University Collection-Sharing Initiative, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 5-June 24, 2012.
A Space for Dialogue 68, Center and Periphery: Cultural Hybridity in the Funerary Arts of the Roman Provinces, Amanda Manker, Class of 2012, Mellon Special Projects Intern, Yale University Art Gallery Collection-Sharing Initiative, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 11, 2012.
Publication History
Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Special Hood Website: The Yale University Art Gallery Collection-Sharing Initiative, 2012
IMPERIUM ROMANUM IN NUMMIS, The Roman Empire in and on Its Coinage, a booklet with entries created by Dartmouth students and Professor Roberta Stewart, Spring 2012, no. 31, Christopher Hauser, Class of 2014.
Amanda Manker, Class of 2012, A Space for Dialogue 68, Center and Periphery: Cultural Hybridity in the Funerary Arts of the Roman Provinces, Hanover: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, no. 5.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC 564 (Cf. pl. XI.7 (no sceptre), CREBM 55 (Cf. pl. 28.6-7)
Old Number
hn 311
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Noticed a mistake? Have some extra information about this object? Contact Us