Denarius - Julia Domna MATRI CASTRORVM

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Empress	Julia Domna (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	196-211
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269931
References	RIC IV.1# 567 (denarius) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.567_denarius Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IVLIA AVGVSTA

Translation:
Iulia Augusta.
Julia [Flavia] the venerable.

Reverse

Julia Domna, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar and holding a box of incense in left hand; to left, two standards.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MATRI CASTRORVM

Translation:
Matri Castrorum.
Mother of the camps.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.22–3.4 g;
Diameter varies: 17.2–18 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (196-211)

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