Coin of Domitian, Emperor of Rome from Sardis Artist: Unknown
Mint: Sardis (Lydia)
Ruler: Domitian, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 51–96, ruled 81–96

81–96

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

10.46 g, 12:00, 25.5 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.393

Geography

Made in Sardis, Lydia

Culture

Greek

Period

1st century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GERMANIKOS, laur. head of Domitian, r., with aegis

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: DHMOS SARDIANON DHMOS ZMYRNAION, Domos of Sardis standing, r., clasping r. hand of Demos of Smyrna standing l.
Provenance
Hirsch, Munich, February 22–5, 1994, cat. 181, lot 572; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1994–2004 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 252, plate 28
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

coins

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