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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2901544, member: 75641&quot;]I was able to afford a new purchase this week due to receiving a refund for some coins that never arrived.&nbsp; So, while I am sad that I did not get my handful of LRB&#039;s I ordered this summer from Serbia, I am happy to add another denarius from our lady friend Julia Domna.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a pair to my earlier HILARITAS purchase showing Julia personified as Hilaritas with two naked boys at her feet.&nbsp; This new HILARITAS has Hilaritas holding a palm and scepter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like the MATER DEVM issues of Julia Domna, these HILARITAS issues seem to place emphasis on the role of Julia Domna as the mother of the imperial household and the Roman people.&nbsp; In particular my earlier issue of HILARITAS with what are assumed to be her two children, Caracalla and Geta.&nbsp; Especially as Julia Domna became more than just the wife of the emperor but also the the mother of two emperors, her role within the empire was not an understated one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Cybele, the Phrygian Mother Goddess had been adopted into the Roman pantheon of Gods during the time of the Second Punic War (218 - 201BC) as a means of fulfilling a prophesy that by importing her the Romans would prove victorious over Carthage.&nbsp; Hilaria were a day, set of days or a season of rejoicing.&nbsp; As part of the annual ritual &quot;Holy Week&quot; dedicated to the Great Mother, celebrations and rituals were performed from the 15th to 28th of March.&nbsp; According to Wikipedia, this cult and its ritual holy week were well established by the time of Antonius Pius which would have predated Septimius Severus by thirty or more years.&nbsp; Considering that Cybele was originally worshipped in the Anatolian region in modern day Turkey to the north of Emesa where Julia Domna was from may also play into a more solid link between the Empress and the imported Mother Goddess.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more reading about Cybele, please look here:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]698961[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]698962[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna, Denarius, HILARITAS</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>Born ca. 170AD - Died 217AD</p><p>Augusta: 193 - 217AD</p><p>Issued: 196 - 211AD</p><p>20.0mm 3.14gr</p><p>O: IVLIA AVGVSTA; Draped bust, right.</p><p>R: HILARITAS; Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and scepter.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RIC 555; RSC 76; Sear 6585; BMC 32.</p><p>Aorta: 96: B6, O2, R44, T60, M4.</p><p>kendorney 132305650172 Inv. # 3129</p><p>11/2/17 11/6/17</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]698965[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna, Denarius, HILARITAS</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Julia Domna</p><p>Born ca. 170AD - died 217AD</p><p>Augusta: 193 - 211AD</p><p>Issued: 196 - 211AD</p><p>20.0 x 18.5mm 3.30gr</p><p>O: IVLIA AVGVSTA; Draped bust, right.</p><p>R: HILARITAS; Hilaritas standing left between two naked boys, holding palm and cornucopiae.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>Sear 6587; RIC IV S557; RSC III 79.</p><p>Aorta: 95: B6, O2, R44, T59, M4.</p><p>CIVITAS Galleries AC61761</p><p>3/24/17 4/1/17</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To check on progress of the Julia Domna collection, please click here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6296" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6296" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6296</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to add any notes or ideas, coins of the Severans, Julia, Hilaritas or Cybele!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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