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Coin of Flaviopolis with bust of Domitian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 89–90
Mint: Cilicia, Flaviopolis

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 16.40 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number67.897
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Domitian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Confronted laureate and draped busts of Dioskouroi.
Inscription in Greek.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining and Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction 12 of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection, Feb. 21-23, 1961, lot 2959); purchased at the Lockett auction by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 13, 1967