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Didrachm of Caesarea with bust of Domitian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 93–94
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 7.05 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.78
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Domitian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nike running right, holds wreath in right hand, palm branch in left.
Inscription in Greek in field.
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, lot 374); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963