My new favorite coin...

... and its a Roman, plus its got no animals on it.

Well awhile back I have been eyeing a Julia Domna Denarius with a rarer reverse variation. Taking a look around online sites only showed a few that was either too much for me or the condition wasn't up to my taste. Hoping to snag the coin at the NYINC I looked through almost all the tables hoping to find one in my range and condition. Well I didn't find one.

But I did find a Julia Domna coin that caught my eye. One that almost called out to me, it was one I had not seen before but it was one I knew I was going to buy when I flipped it over.

Enough with the blabbering you say? Ok here it is



Julia Domna, Cappadocia Caesarea: Drachm
170-217 AD
AR17.8 , 3.1 g
O: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA, bust draped right
R: MHTP OK AICAP NE Mount Argaeus surmounted by star ET-IH below/ year 18, 210AD
Sydenham 447 var.

 

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Nice, ive wanted this type for awhile but some I find are pricey and not worth it in the condition they are in.

My only Mount Argaeus.


Hadrian (117-138 A.D.)
AR Didrachm
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea
O: ADPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right.
R: YPATOC G.PATHPPA, Helios standing on Mount Argaeus, holding globe and sceptre.
20mm
6.35g
Sydenham, Caesarea 263; Metcalf, Caesarea 92a

 

Great coin, Ice! A Domna arrived on my doorstep today as well...

 

oh yessss, icerain => man, that's a sweet addition!! (boooinnnggg!!!)



congrats (very cool mountain)

 

Oh my ... those are some sweet lions, JA (awesome pickup)

 

Wonderful!

 

Very sweet addition!
My closest example lol

 

Hope this is not stupid, but I dont follow the OPs obverse inscription, what is the second symbol?

 

It's O - he just left it out of the attribution. In the Provincial Greek/Roman mishmash, IVLIA gets spelled IOVΛIA. And the second word is ΔO-MNA, not AVΓVSTA.

 

Nice, I can see why you were drawn to it. Love the portrait.

 

Thanks for the correction. Was copying and pasting stuff, btw. how do you type in Roman or Greek? I can never figure out how to do it on the computer?

 

I type the Greek into a Word document using the insert symbol function, then copy it and paste into the forum post. There's got to be a better way, but I don't know it.

 

Very nice addition Ice.


ANTONIUS PIUS AR Didrachm
OBVERSE: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right
REVERSE: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD
6.2g, 21mm
Syd 301c


ANTONIUS PIUS AE20
OBVERSE: AYTOC ANTWNEUNOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped bust right
REVERSE: KAICAREW N T P ARGAI, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?), ET Q in ex.
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, AD 145-146
7.4g, 20mm
Syd 310 var

 

Excellent coin, Ice! Mine is a year older, not as nice and shows Septimius. Note on both our coins the reverse legend ends with an omega you omitted from your description.

 

Thanks Doug. Going to edit my entire label later on.

 

Very nice Ice, love the details. i've been wanting to build a set of these one day!!!

 

Excellent pieces y'all!

 

sweet new coin IR..and cool mount argaeus reverses everone...i really like those.

here's a elagabalus of the type..

 

*sweet* => that's a great coin, chrsmat ... man, I love the gold-n-burgundy patina (I seem to love that look ... I've made similar comments recently)

sweet coin, great mountain

frick => you dudes have some sweet mountain-coins (congrats to all of you!!)

 

Not only is that a awesome coin, but he brought back that old table..