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Rowan, Clare (2011) The public image of the Severan women. Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol.79 . pp. 241-273. doi:10.1017/S0068246211000031 ISSN 0068-2462.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0068246211000031
Abstract
Coinage remains one of the best resources from which to gain an insight into the public image of empresses in the Roman Empire. This article employs a quantitative approach to the coinage of the Severan women, utilizing coin hoards to gain an idea of the frequency of particular coin types. The result offers a nuanced and contextual assessment of the differing public images of the Severan empresses and their role within wider Severan ideology. Evidence is presented to suggest that in this period there was one workshop at the mint dedicated to striking coins for the empresses. The Severan women played a key connective role in the dynasty, a position communicated publicly through their respective numismatic images. By examining the dynasty as a whole, subtle changes in image from empress to empress and from reign to reign can be identified. During the reign of Elagabalus, the divergence in imagery between Julia Soaemias and Julia Maesa is so great that we can perhaps see the influence of these women on their own numismatic image.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Papers of the British School at Rome | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0068-2462 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.79 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 241-273 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0068246211000031 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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