| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114 | Auction date: 23 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 769 Price realized: 24 GBP (Approx. 30 USD / 28 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Julia Domna (wife of S. Severus) Æ 25mm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 527 = AD 215/6. [IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOY], draped bust to right / ЄMICΩN [KOΛΩNI], the great altar of El-Gabal at Emesa atop base placed on two steps and ornamented with cornice and two rows of niches; each niche containing statue; all placed between two pilasters; Z[KΦ] (date) in exergue. BMC 11; SNG Glasgow 3160; SNG Copenhagen -. 12.72g, 25mm, 6h. Good Fine. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 816. Julia Domna was born to a family of priestly rulers of the cult of El-Gabal at Emesa, where the deity was worshipped in the form of a large black conical stone. The reverse of this coin provides a valuable visual record of the great altar dedicated to the deity at the city. In contrast, the coinage struck in the names of Caracalla and Elagabalus depicts the stone of El-Gabal not upon an altar, but within a temple surrounded by a balustrade and shaded by parasols (see BMC 15 and 17). Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
