İmparatoriçe Tasvirli Roma Sikkeleri Işığında, İmparatoriçelerin Saç ve Takı Tasarımı
The Hair and Jewelry Design of Empresses in Accordance with Roman Coins Depicting the Empress

Summary/Abstract: The function of the empress depictions on the coins is to both introduce the empress and show the power of the empire with her magnificent clothes, jewelry and hair designs. Every empress, who have a unique style, reflects the prestige and weight of their position with their hair and jewelry designs. There are also empresses who prefer a very simple hairstyle. The depictions in the portraits of the empresses used on the face of these coins are first-hand sources that provide information about the hairdo models, diadems and jewelry of the empresses. The coins in question in this study are tried to be selected from the important empresses who pioneer the hair and jewelry fashion of the period. Whereas there are empresses on the face of the coins, there are depictions of Goddesses, Emperor and Empress, Personification and animals on the reverse side. It is also examined whether the styles, the hair and jewelry designs seen in the busts of the empresses are reflected on the coins in the studies conducted on the coins covering the period between Empress Sabina (AD 134-138) and Empress Aelia Eudoxia (AD 400-404). In addition, the reasons why both glorious and simple hairstyles are preferred by the empresses are tried to be evaluated from the perspective of socio-economic society.

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