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01 - Trajan Silver Denarius - AET AVG - Head of Sol and LunaRoman Empire, Emperor Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.)
Silver Denarius, Rome Mint. 3.2 Grams.
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obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P - Laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder.
rev: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC - Aeternitas standing facing, head left holding the head of Sol (the Sun god) in her right hand and the head of Luna (the Moon Goddess) in her left hand.
AET AVG - across fields on either side of Aeternitas.
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RIC 91, RSC 31 commentsrexesq

01 - Trajan Silver Denarius - AET AVG - Head of Sol and Luna. Reverse.Roman Empire, Emperor Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.)
Silver Denarius, Rome Mint. 3.2 Grams.
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obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P - Laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder.
rev: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC - Aeternitas standing facing, head left holding the head of Sol (the Sun god) in her right hand and the head of Luna (the Moon Goddess) in her left hand.
AET AVG - across fields on either side of Aeternitas.
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RIC 91, RSC 3rexesq

201a. JULIA DOMNALuna

In Greek mythology, Selene was an ancient lunar deity and the daughter of the titans Hyperion and Theia. She was identified with the Roman moon goddess, Luna.

Like most moon deities, Selene plays a fairly large role in her pantheon. However, Selene was eventually largely supplanted by Artemis, and Luna by Diana. In the collection known as the Homeric hymns, there is a Hymn to Selene (xxxii), paired with the hymn to Helios. Selene is described in Apollodorus 1.2.2; Hesiod's Theogony 371; Nonnius 48.581; Pausanias 5.1.4; and Strabo 14.1.6, among others.

The Roman goddess of the moon, Luna, had a temple on the Aventine Hill. It was built in the 6th century BC, but was destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome during Nero's reign. There was also a temple dedicated to Luna Noctiluca ("Luna that shines by night") on the Palatine Hill. There were festivals in honor of Luna on March 31, August 24 and August 28

JULIA DOMNA, - 217 AD. Antoninianus, Rome, 215 - 217 AD Bust, no crescent, right / Luna Lucifera in biga left. Rare. RIC 379.1 commentsecoli

71-02 - OCTACILIA SEVERA (244 - 249 D.C.)AR Antoniniano 22 mm 2.3 gr.
Esposa de Filipo I y madre de Filipo II.

Anv: "MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG" - Busto sobre una media luna, con diadema y vestido, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "PVDICITIA AVG" - Pudicitia (El Pudor) velada, sentada a izquierda, con su mano derecha se sostiene el velo y en la izquierda porta un cetro transversal.

Acuñada 4ta. Emisión 245 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte III #123c Pag.83 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2632 - Cohen Vol.V #53 Pag.148 - RSC Vol. IV #53 Pag.19 - DVM #13 var Pag.229 - Cayón #19mdelvalle

71-04 - OCTACILIA SEVERA (244 - 249 D.C.)AR Antoniniano 25 x 20 mm 3.3 gr.
Esposa de Filipo I y madre de Filipo II.

Anv: "M OTACIL SEVERA AVG" - Busto sobre una media luna, con diadema y vestido, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "CONCORDIA AVGG" - Concordia sentada a izquierda, portando patera en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y cornucopia en izquierda. A sus piés a izquierda un altar.

Acuñada 6ta. Emisión 247 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte III #126 Pag.83 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2627 - Cohen Vol.V #16 Pag.145 - RSC Vol. IV #16 Pag.18 - DVM #3 Pag.229mdelvalle

71-06 - OCTACILIA SEVERA (244 - 249 D.C.)AR Antoniniano 22 mm 2.3 gr.
Esposa de Filipo I y madre de Filipo II.

Anv: "MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG" - Busto sobre una media luna, con diadema y vestido, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "PVDICITIA AVG" - Pudicitia (El Pudor) velada, sentada a izquierda, con su mano derecha se sostiene el velo y en la izquierda porta un cetro transversal.

Acuñada 4ta. Emisión 245 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.4ta.)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte III #123c Pag.83 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2632 - Cohen Vol.V #53 Pag.148 - RSC Vol. IV #53 Pag.19 - DVM #13 var Pag.229 - Cayón #19 - Hunter #2mdelvalle

71-20 - OCTACILIA SEVERA (244 - 249 D.C.)Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem
AR Tetradracma 28,3 mm 11,91 gr. 1 hr.
Esposa de Filipo I y madre de Filipo II.

Anv: "MAP Î©TAKIÎ› CÐ„OVHPAN CÐ„B" - Busto sobre una media luna, con diadema y vestido, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "Î”HMAPX Ð„Îž OVCIAC" , Águila estante de frente sobre una hoja de palma, viendo a izquierda, con una corona en su pico y sus alas desplegadas, "SC" en exergo.

Acuñada en 244 D.C.
Ceca: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem

Referencias: McAlee #1086; Prieur #325; BMC XX #540 Pag.216; Sear GICTV #4057 Pag.388mdelvalle

BCC G6Roman Gem Stone
Caesarea Maritima
Facing busts of radiate SOL and
LUNA, with crescent. Concordia
to each side, lion below, bucranium (skull of an ox) between paws.
Green Jasper with red inclusions. 10x9 mm. The style
of the portraits may suggest a connection to coins
of 2nd-3rd century CE. There is no parallel
in Anit Hamburger's "Gems from Caesarea Maritima"
Atiqot English Series, Vol. VIII, 1968v-drome

Britain, Bath, Aquae Sulis, LunaDisplayed in the Baths.

This carving of the goddess Luna, seen holding a whip, formed part of a pediment which would have faced across the Sacred Spring at another pediment containing Sol. maridvnvm

Caracalla, 198 - 217 ADObv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, seen from behind.

Rev: PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP, Luna, with crescent on her head and drapery billowing in a semicircle behind, driving a biga of bulls left.

Silver Antoninianus, Rome mint, 215 AD

5 grams, 23 mm, 0°

RIC IVi 256d, RSC 294b, S6776 (var.), VM 5/81 commentsMatt Inglima

Gallienus Antoninianus Luna LuciferaBillon Antoninianus
Gallienus , 253-268CE
Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 3.60 grams, Die axis: 12h

Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right

Reverse: LVNA LVCIFERA
Diana as luna, crescent atop head, advancing to right. Holds lit torch in both hands, drapery billows behind.

Mint: Antioch

References: RIC 646

Notes:
- Struck during sole reign of Gallienus, 260 -268 CE.
-The Roman goddess Luna, the equivalent of the Greek Selene, came to be associated in Rome with Diana. The reverse can be translated as 'Diana bringer of light'.
-The goddess Luna had her own temple on the Aventine Hill, but it was destroyed by the great fire of Rome circa 64 CE during Emperor Nero's reign.

Purchased from Civitas Galleries 2016, with handwritten ticket indicating ex Tom CederlindPharsalos

Julia Domna, LunaJulia Domna,
AR Antoninianus; 4.21g;22-23mm

IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG
Diademed and draped bust on a crescent, facing right

LVNA LVCIFERA
Luna, with crescent on head and cloak floating round her head, in biga facing left

RIC 379a [Caracalla], RSC 106 & 106a; BMC 2, 8, & 9arizonarobin

Luna LuciferaAR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck in A.D.215 (under Caracalla)
Obv: IVLIA PIA - FELIX AVG Diademed, draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders
Rev: LVNA LVCIFERA Luna, crescent on her head, driving biga pulled by horses left, drapery billowing in a semi-circle behind her head.
Weight: 5.12g

RIC.C.379a Sear RCV II 7096

ex F Sternberg Auction, Zurich, November 1975, Lot 153

Luna, the moon-goddess, is depicted only rarely on Roman coins, and is usually equated with Diana Lucifera (the Light Bringer). She is only named on coins of Julia Domna, Gallienus and Salonina. Luna is depicted in a biga pulled by two horses only on coins of Julia Domna, as in this example. However, a very similar depiction is shown on another coin of Caracalla, where the biga is pulled by bulls that have a definite attribution to Diana Lucifera. Otherwise Luna Lucifera is depicted with a crescent on her head standing holding a long torch.
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Luna LuciferaBase AR Antoninianus of Cyzicus of Gallienus, Sole Reign, A.D.260-268

Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LVNA LVCIFERA Luna, crescent on head, holding long torch in both hands.

RIC S646 RSC IV 601a Not listed in Sear RCV III
Weight: 3.58g

This is the alternative depiction of Luna Lucifera, the Light-Bringer, where she is shown holding a long torch and wearing the distinctive crescent on her head.
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Luna/DianaCaracalla AD 198 - 217
AR - Denar, 3.13g, 19mm
Rome AD 217
obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
laureate head r.
rev. PM TRP XX COS IIII PP
Luna/Diana with crescent on head and scarf flying
behind her, standing in bull-biga, driving l.
RIC IV, 284; C.396
Scarce; good EF

LUNA, goddess of the moon. Her usual attribute is a crescent worn at top of her head. She first appears early 2nd century BC on Bigati. Equated with DIANA and sometimes impossible to make any clear distinction between these two. The bull is connected to DIANA by a myth, in which sacrificing a big bull would bring great power to the city of the person who sacrificed him. Thus Rome was given the imperium! Diana was the patron of the Biga racing driver too!2 commentsJochen

Neptune, Apollo, Cybele, Luna, Mercury, Hephaestus, Helios, Mars, Venus, Hercules, BacchusPallazo AltempsJ. B.

ROMAN EMPIRE, Gallienus, Sole Reign, A.D.260-268Base AR Antoninianus of Cyzicus

Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LVNA LVCIFERA Luna, crescent on head, holding long torch in both hands.

RIC S646 RSC IV 601a Not listed in Sear RCV III
Weight: 3.58g
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SOL statue from Gorsium (Pannonia Inferior) - 3rd century ADGorsium is the greatest open-air archeological park in the Carpathian basin. The city was established in place of a military settlement by the Emperor Trajan. Gorsium lay at one of the most important road intersections in the province, and it was the center of emperor worship in Pannonia and the seat of the provincial assembly. Delegates from all over the province gathered here once every year to offer sacrifices to their gods for the glory of the reigning emperor, and to attend the assembly meetings. Septimius Severus visited the city in AD 202, and rebuilt the Temple of Augustus, what was destroyed by Markomanns in AD 178.
The city was full of pagan shrines, reliefs and monuments. According to the artifacts, the inhabitants of the city worshipped Aeneas, Amor, Icarus, Achilles, Jupiter, Silvanus, Minerva, Liber, Attis, Hercules, Venus, Luna, Juno, Mars, Victoria, Diana, Mithra and others.
This SOL statue was found in the central free-well together with broken coins and other things. 42mm high.
3 commentsberserker

The Roman Empire. Julia Domna AR DenariusThe Roman Empire. Julia Domna AR Denarius. Rome, AD 215-217. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, with veil billowing above her head, holding reins and driving galloping biga left. RIC 379c (Caracalla); BMCRE 10; RSC 105. 2.84g, 19mm, 1h.

Ex CNG eAuction 465, 8th April 2020, Lot 429.

Julia Domna, the ambitious wife of Septimius Severus, was associated with a number of deities on her coins. They included Cybele (mother of the Gods), Venus (Goddess of beauty & love) and here with Diana as the moon-goddess Luna Lucifera, ‘the light-bearing moon’, who is commanding a biga of horses. Septimius Severus had himself issued coins associating himself with the sun-god Sol, and so by identifying themselves in this way Domna and Severus emphasise the eternal nature of the imperial house. Luna Lucifera only appears with her own name on the coins of Domna and Gallienus with issues appearing in gold, silver and bronze.

One aspect of the coinage of Julia Domna I find particularly fascinating is in the evolution of her portraits over time...in her earlier years she appears as an attractive young woman, and towards the end of her career she is shown as a rather stern looking scowling old crone. I guess that could be where her son Caracalla got his scowl from...Paulus J

Valerian IDiana

In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis. Born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, Diana was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona.

Diana was the perpetually virginal huntress goddess, associated with wild animals and woodlands. She also later became a moon goddess, supplanting Luna, and was an emblem of chastity. Oak groves were especially sacred to her. She was praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and hunting skill. She made up a trinity with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god.

Diana was worshipped in a temple on the Aventine Hill and at the city of Ephesus, where the Temple of Artemis stood. Being placed on the Aventine, and thus outside the pomerium, meant that Diana's cult essentially remained a 'foreign' one, like that of Bacchus; she was never officially 'transferred' to Rome as Juno was after the sack of Veii. It seems that her cult originated in Aricia, where her priest, the Rex Nemorensis remained. Diana was regarded with great reverence by lower-class citizens and slaves; slaves could receive asylum in her temples. She was worshipped at a festival on August 13, when King Servius Tullius, himself born a slave, dedicated her shrine on the Aventine.

Diana is usually depicted with a deer. This is because Diana was the patroness of hunting. It is also a reference to the myth of Acteon (or Actaeon), a prince who saw her bathing naked. Diana transformed Acteon into a deer and sent his own hunting dogs to kill him.

IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG Radiate draped cuirassed bust right
FELICITAS SAECVLI Diana, with crescent on head, walking right, drapery flying, carrying long traverse torch.

RIC 291 (Thanks!)ecoli

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