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Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D., Plotinopolis, Thrace
Julia Domna was Septimius Severus' second wife and mother of Caracalla and Geta. Intelligent, talented and beautiful, she had great influence during her husband's reign and nearly administered the empire for her son. After Caracalla's murder, she either committed suicide by starvation or died of breast cancer. Plotinopolis (modern day Didimochito, Greece) was an important Thracian and Hellenistic town. It was sacked by the Romans in 204 B.C. Trajan created a new city between the two hills surrounding the town and named it Plotinopolis after his wife. Ruins of the town were accidentally found during construction in the 1960s. In the 1980s, a solid gold bust of Trajan was found and is now in the museum at Komotini.
RP84571. Bronze AE 21, Varbanov III 1842 (R9, same dies, noted as otherwise unpublished), AMNG I/I -, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, SGIC -, VF, excellent portrait, attractive glossy dark green patina, tight flan, some legend unstruck or off flan, central cavities, Plotinopolis (Didimochito, Greece) mint, weight 4.601g, maximum diameter 21.2mm, die axis 0o, 211 - 217 A.D.; obverse IOVΛ ΔO - CEBACTH, draped bust right; reverse ΠΛΩTEINO-ΠOΛEITΩN, Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head left, kalathos on head, grounded rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; extremely rare; SOLD
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