Very rare provincial bronze of Julia Domna, marked in the Varbanov catalog with the rarity level R6, which means 50-100 specimens are known.
Varbanov degree of rarity does not coincide with the auction records, however as we only have one listing from 2018 on Coinarchives, with sale amount of 800 EUR.
Roman Provincial
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis, Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217), AE, Nicopolis ad Istrum mint
Obverse: bust of the Empress facing right
OEA ΔOMNA CΕBACTH
Reverse: Emperor on horseback facing right, hunting boar with raised spear
VΠA AVP ΓΑΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC IC
Weight 12.4 g
Julia Domna was the second wife of Septimius Severus and the mother of Caracalla and Geta. An intelligent, talented and beautiful woman, she had a great influence on the Empire during her husband reign and practically managed it on behalf of her sons. In 217, after the murder of Caracalla, she probably committed suicide by starving herself to death.
