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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6412251, member: 19463"]Out of curiosity and nothing better to do, I went through the 196 coins of Julia Domna in the Yale catalog. Overall I was impressed by the clear and accurate presentation. I only found one blatant error</p><p><a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171327" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171327" rel="nofollow">https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171327</a></p><p>This is not Domna.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my disagreements with the data stemmed from their decision to call coins of a woman as coins of the man under which she was honored but not taking consistent care to pick the correct emperor. I was impressed by the listing below:</p><p><a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124631" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124631" rel="nofollow">https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124631</a></p><p>which added a note that it was the dates of Geta that allowed the coin to be attributed to 209-211 AD (Geta as Augustus) since the legend reads MAT AVGG suggesting that she was mother to two Augusti. The coin was listed as belonging to Septimius Severus but the portrait and obverse legend is usually attributed to the time after Septimius' death so the coin should have been dated to 211 when there were two sons alive but Julia was no longer wife but then mother. That is minor but thereare several others that suggest there was no understanding of the situation. This, however, is disclaimed by the note accompanying each record</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">By 'ongoing' I assume it means they have no time to review coins in the collection for a century. There were several coins donated in 2007 that were correctly listed which is no surprise since that donor bought Domna coins from Barry Murphy. I assume all these coins were catalogued according to the seller/donor listings and there is no one there now working on the project. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I did not look at the coins of Septimius because a simple search of that name turned up 1477 hits but included coins of Severus II and all the family of Septimius. I have not tried using operators to show only the man I wanted yet. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I am glad to see this resource online which is the 21st century way of removing the coins from the damp basements of museums. I wish the photos were better but they are clear enough allowing for the way they were taken. Overall, the resource has merit and is work visiting. It is suggested on the site that Covid has eliminated the possibility of making an appointment to see coins in person but I have no idea who would be allowed to do this under normal circumstances. </span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6412251, member: 19463"]Out of curiosity and nothing better to do, I went through the 196 coins of Julia Domna in the Yale catalog. Overall I was impressed by the clear and accurate presentation. I only found one blatant error [URL]https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171327[/URL] This is not Domna. Most of my disagreements with the data stemmed from their decision to call coins of a woman as coins of the man under which she was honored but not taking consistent care to pick the correct emperor. I was impressed by the listing below: [URL]https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124631[/URL] which added a note that it was the dates of Geta that allowed the coin to be attributed to 209-211 AD (Geta as Augustus) since the legend reads MAT AVGG suggesting that she was mother to two Augusti. The coin was listed as belonging to Septimius Severus but the portrait and obverse legend is usually attributed to the time after Septimius' death so the coin should have been dated to 211 when there were two sons alive but Julia was no longer wife but then mother. That is minor but thereare several others that suggest there was no understanding of the situation. This, however, is disclaimed by the note accompanying each record [COLOR=#0000ff]Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]By 'ongoing' I assume it means they have no time to review coins in the collection for a century. There were several coins donated in 2007 that were correctly listed which is no surprise since that donor bought Domna coins from Barry Murphy. I assume all these coins were catalogued according to the seller/donor listings and there is no one there now working on the project. I did not look at the coins of Septimius because a simple search of that name turned up 1477 hits but included coins of Severus II and all the family of Septimius. I have not tried using operators to show only the man I wanted yet. I am glad to see this resource online which is the 21st century way of removing the coins from the damp basements of museums. I wish the photos were better but they are clear enough allowing for the way they were taken. Overall, the resource has merit and is work visiting. It is suggested on the site that Covid has eliminated the possibility of making an appointment to see coins in person but I have no idea who would be allowed to do this under normal circumstances. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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