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Coin of Smyrna with busts of Domitian and Domitia, struck under Demostratos and Seios
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 90
Mint: Asia Minor, Ionia, Smyrna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 7.65 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2599
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: At left, laureate bust of Domitian facing draped bust of Domitia at right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles standing, head to left, holds kotyle in right hand, club and lion's skin on left arm.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles standing, head to left, holds kotyle in right hand, club and lion's skin on left arm.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward auction by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; February 13, 1963: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.