Detail View: The AMICA Library: Coin: Piety Stands (reverse)
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1922.4883
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Roman Republic and Empire
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Coin Showing Empress Julia Domna
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Reverse: 'Piety' offers incense at altar
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Title Type:
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alternate
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Title:
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Coin: Piety Stands (reverse)
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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reverse
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Creation Date:
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Reign of Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, c. A.D. 199-207
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Creation Start Date:
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193
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Creation End Date:
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211
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Materials and Techniques:
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Gold aureus
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Classification Term:
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Coin
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Subject Description:
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Julia Domna was the wife of the Emperor Septimius Severus and the mother of Caracalla and Geta. This coin was issued during the joint reign of Severus and his elder son. As the self-assured portrait on this coin suggests, Julia's influence was openly recognized by contemporaries. Intellectual, ambitious, and steel-willed, the Syrian-born Julia was called 'the philosopher'. The figure of Piety on the reverse is a standard type, invoking the traditional Roman attitude of respect and duty toward one's family, country, and gods.
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Italy,Lazio (region),Roma (province),Rome
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 2 cm (3/4 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1922.4883
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
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Inscriptions:
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Obverse: JULIA AUGUSTA ('Augusta' means 'Revered' or 'Venerable')Reverse: PIETAS AUGG (Pietas Augustorum: Proper attitude among the imperial family')
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D12648.TIF
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