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Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D.
Ceres' known mythology is indistinguishable from Demeter's. Her virgin daughter Proserpina (Persephone) was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld. Ceres searched for her endlessly lighting her way through the earth with torches. While Ceres (Demeter) searched, preoccupied with her loss and her grief, the seasons halted; living things ceased their growth, then began to die. Some say that in her anger she laid a curse that caused plants to wither and die, and the land to become desolate. Faced with the extinction of all life on earth, Zeus sent his messenger Hermes to the underworld to bring Proserpina back. However, because Proserpina had eaten while in the underworld, Hades had a claim on her. It was decreed that she must spend four months each year in the underworld. During these months Ceres grieves for her daughter's absence, withdrawing her gifts from the world, creating winter. Proserpina's return brings the spring.RS94715. Silver denarius, RIC IV p. 166, 546 (S), RSC III 14, BMCRE V p. 158, 10; Hunter III p. 41, 7; SRCV II 6576, VF, light toning, radiating flow lines, bumps and light scratches, rev. a little off center, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 1.904g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, 200 A.D.; obverse IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in horizontal ridges, chignon at back of head; reverse CERERI FRVGIF, Ceres seated left, seat without back, two heads of grain in right hand, long torch vertical in left hand; from the Ray Nouri Collection; scarce; SOLD
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