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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26180286, member: 87809&quot;]Several threads have been posted about Domna&#039;s denari depicting Diana Lucifera minted in Laodicea ad Mare, Antiochia or Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Got this one recently. After the death of Severus, Domna&#039;s obverse titulature changed from Iulia Augusta to Iulia Pia Felix Augusta, therefore this denarius was minted under Septimius Severus, but where? Laodicea, Antiochia or Rome?</p><p><br /></p><p>15 x 16 mm, 3.139 g, 12h</p><p>Syria, Laodikeia ad Mare (?), 196 – 202 AD, struck under the reign of Septimius Severus. According to the British Museum the mint is Antiochia ad Orontem (formerly attributed to Laodicea ad Mare).</p><p><br /></p><p>If Laodicea: RIC IV (Severus) 638; RCV 6578; BMC 598; RSC 27a; CRE 312.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IVLIA AVGVSTA bust of Julia Domna to r., draped, wearing a helmet-like wig of plaits with a large chignon at the back of the head.</p><p>Rev.: DIANA LVCIFERA (Diana, light-bearer) Diana, crescent at shoulders, draped, standing to l., l. leg bent, holding long transverse torch in both hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1671418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1671419[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any information about where this denarius was minted is greatly appreciated <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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