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Cistophorus with bust of Domitia
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 82
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 10.85 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.300
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Domitia, right, draped.
DOMITIA (right, no cross bar in A); at left [AVGVSTA]
Reverse: Venus, drapery around hips, seen from the back, stands right leaning left elbow on column, holding helmet in right hand, transverse sceptre in left.
VENVS AVG (no cross bars in A's)
DOMITIA (right, no cross bar in A); at left [AVGVSTA]
Reverse: Venus, drapery around hips, seen from the back, stands right leaning left elbow on column, holding helmet in right hand, transverse sceptre in left.
VENVS AVG (no cross bars in A's)
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 11, 1964