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Didrachm of Caesarea with busts of Domitian and Domitia
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 93–94
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.10 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.80
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: At left, laureate bust of Domitian facing draped bust of Domitia wearing stephane at right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, standing right, holds spear in left hand, owl in right.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, standing right, holds spear in left hand, owl in right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Clarence S. Bement Collection; 1924: with Naville & Cie, 6 & 8 Rue Pécolat, Geneva, Switzerland (Naville auction 8 [Clarence S. Bement Collection], Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 25-28, 1924, lot 796); by 1933: Edward A. Sydenham Collection; by 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 376: as Sydenham auction, 1936, lot 65); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; February 13, 1963: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.