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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8336876, member: 75937"]Good evening, everyone. This coin features an uncommon woman, Domitia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]3_UtCfH4L0s[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>It also features the fruit of the vine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Jdxi4CmIn6I[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/b1/e4/a2b1e46bb4e6b0ef44c4aa81e7034da0.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This little provincial bronze is a recent acquisition. It was minted in Sala, the modern Kepecik,[1] a small town in southeast Lydia about which little is known.[2] We may infer from its coins' iconography that its wealth seems to have depended upon agriculture.[3]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478135[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Map (uncited) from <a href="https://www.ancientmoney.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancientmoney.org/" rel="nofollow">Ancientmoney.org</a>.[4]</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>It appears the city first struck coinage under Domitian and its last coins were struck under Severus Alexander. During the Flavian period, the city was named Domitianopolis. The various Archons under whose authority the issues were minted are frequently, though not universally, named on the coins of this city. The city struck pseudo-autonomous issues featuring such figures as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-your-crested-corinthian-helmet.309442/#post-2968920" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-your-crested-corinthian-helmet.309442/#post-2968920">Athena</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897">Synkletos</a> (Senate), Demos, and bearded Heracles, in addition to imperial issues depicting the Roman emperor or members of his family. The reverse types are few and frequently repeated from reign to reign.[5] These include <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/all-hadrian-provincials-coins.246778/page-8#post-2017399" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/all-hadrian-provincials-coins.246778/page-8#post-2017399">Zeus Lydios</a>,[6] <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897">Dionysus standing beside a column</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-newp.305571/#post-2902133" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-newp.305571/#post-2902133">Cybele enthroned</a>, Hermes standing, and a bunch of grapes.[7] My coin features the bunch of grapes design.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478139[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Domitia, AD 82-96.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial orichalcum 17.5 mm, 2.0 g.</font></p><p><font size="3">Lydia, Sala, c. 82-96.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right, her hair in a queue.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ, bunch of grapes.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RPC II, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1345" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1345" rel="nofollow">1345</a>; BMC 22.321,30; Sear 916; SNG Cop 437; Lindgren I, 799; SNG Lewis 1535.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><i>Post any coins you have of Sala, Domitia, or featuring grapes, or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>~~~</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. "Sala (Lydia)." <i>Wikipedia</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Dec. 2020, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_(Lydia)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_(Lydia)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_(Lydia)</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Note the paucity of information in online sites, such as Wikipedia (<i>op. cit</i>.), and in Head’s relevant volume of BMC Greek. It is not listed in Smith’s <i>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography</i>. See: Head, Barclay Vincent. <i>A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Lydia</i>. Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1901, p. xciv; Smith, William. <i>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography</i>. Vol. 2, Little, Brown & Co., 1865.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Head, <i>op. cit</i>., p. xcvi.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Ancientmoney.org, <i>Map of Ancient Lydia</i>, <a href="https://www.ancientmoney.org/non_greek_kingdoms/lydia_map.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancientmoney.org/non_greek_kingdoms/lydia_map.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancientmoney.org/non_greek_kingdoms/lydia_map.html</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Head, <i>op cit</i>., pp. xciv-xcvi.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Zeus Lydios (Zeus of the Lydians) is a term used by art historians to describe the iconography depicting the god as standing, holding an eagle and vertical scepter. I have discussed this in a previous post <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-provincial-from-hierapolis-in-phrygia.379871/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-provincial-from-hierapolis-in-phrygia.379871/">here</a> at CT.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Head, <i>op cit</i>., p. xcvi.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8336876, member: 75937"]Good evening, everyone. This coin features an uncommon woman, Domitia. [MEDIA=youtube]3_UtCfH4L0s[/MEDIA] It also features the fruit of the vine. [MEDIA=youtube]Jdxi4CmIn6I[/MEDIA] [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/b1/e4/a2b1e46bb4e6b0ef44c4aa81e7034da0.gif[/IMG] This little provincial bronze is a recent acquisition. It was minted in Sala, the modern Kepecik,[1] a small town in southeast Lydia about which little is known.[2] We may infer from its coins' iconography that its wealth seems to have depended upon agriculture.[3] [ATTACH=full]1478135[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Map (uncited) from [URL='https://www.ancientmoney.org/']Ancientmoney.org[/URL].[4][/SIZE][/INDENT] It appears the city first struck coinage under Domitian and its last coins were struck under Severus Alexander. During the Flavian period, the city was named Domitianopolis. The various Archons under whose authority the issues were minted are frequently, though not universally, named on the coins of this city. The city struck pseudo-autonomous issues featuring such figures as [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-your-crested-corinthian-helmet.309442/#post-2968920']Athena[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897']Synkletos[/URL] (Senate), Demos, and bearded Heracles, in addition to imperial issues depicting the Roman emperor or members of his family. The reverse types are few and frequently repeated from reign to reign.[5] These include [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/all-hadrian-provincials-coins.246778/page-8#post-2017399']Zeus Lydios[/URL],[6] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sala-in-lydia-an-uncommon-woman-and-a-common-crop.396353/#post-8336897']Dionysus standing beside a column[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-domna-newp.305571/#post-2902133']Cybele enthroned[/URL], Hermes standing, and a bunch of grapes.[7] My coin features the bunch of grapes design. [ATTACH=full]1478139[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Domitia, AD 82-96. Roman provincial orichalcum 17.5 mm, 2.0 g. Lydia, Sala, c. 82-96. Obv: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right, her hair in a queue. Rev: ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ, bunch of grapes. Refs: RPC II, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1345']1345[/URL]; BMC 22.321,30; Sear 916; SNG Cop 437; Lindgren I, 799; SNG Lewis 1535.[/SIZE][/INDENT] [I]Post any coins you have of Sala, Domitia, or featuring grapes, or anything you feel is relevant![/I] [B]~~~ Notes[/B] 1. "Sala (Lydia)." [I]Wikipedia[/I], Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Dec. 2020, [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_(Lydia)[/URL]. 2. Note the paucity of information in online sites, such as Wikipedia ([I]op. cit[/I].), and in Head’s relevant volume of BMC Greek. It is not listed in Smith’s [I]Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography[/I]. See: Head, Barclay Vincent. [I]A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Lydia[/I]. Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1901, p. xciv; Smith, William. [I]Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography[/I]. Vol. 2, Little, Brown & Co., 1865. 3. Head, [I]op. cit[/I]., p. xcvi. 4. Ancientmoney.org, [I]Map of Ancient Lydia[/I], [URL]https://www.ancientmoney.org/non_greek_kingdoms/lydia_map.html[/URL]. 5. Head, [I]op cit[/I]., pp. xciv-xcvi. 6. Zeus Lydios (Zeus of the Lydians) is a term used by art historians to describe the iconography depicting the god as standing, holding an eagle and vertical scepter. I have discussed this in a previous post [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-provincial-from-hierapolis-in-phrygia.379871/']here[/URL] at CT. 7. Head, [I]op cit[/I]., p. xcvi.[/QUOTE]
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