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Aureus with head of Domitian, struck under Vespasian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 77–78
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 7.21 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.797
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right.
CAESARAVGF DOMITIANVS (no cross bars in A's)
Reverse: Wolf to left nursing twins. Small boat below.
Above: COSV (V has horizontal line above it)
CAESARAVGF DOMITIANVS (no cross bars in A's)
Reverse: Wolf to left nursing twins. Small boat below.
Above: COSV (V has horizontal line above it)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)