Advanced Search
Advanced Search
View: Obverse

As with bust of Julia Domna, struck under Caracalla

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 211–217
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 11.79 gm. Die Axis: 10
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number68.501
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna to right.
IVLIAPIA FELIXAVG
Reverse: Ceres, draped, stands to left, scepter in left hand, corn ears in right held above modius.
CERES REM in field: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Sir Charles Oman Collection; by 1968: with Christie, Manson & Woods, 8 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Oman collection, July 2, 1968, lot 195, partial); purchased on behalf of MFA at Christie's auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 1-11 John Adam Street, The Adelphi, London; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., September 11, 1968