Description
Macedonia, Stobi, Julia Domna (193 – 217 AD). IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right / MVNICIP STOBEN; Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone and holding scepter.
Macedonia, Stobi, Julia Domna
200,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE27 |
| Weight [g]: | 11,58 |
| Grade: | gF/F |
| Attribution: | Varbanov 3882; Mushmov 6550 |
| Commentary: | very rare; bronze surfaces with faint patina, weak but recognizable reverse |
Historical Context
Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of underworld, who had to return her back, but giving her some underworld food to eat, tricked her into spending one third of the year under the earth.
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