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Aureus with head of Domitian, struck under Vespasian

A.D. 75
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.30 gm. Die Axis: 6
Gold

Classification: Numismatics

Culture: Roman

Mint: Rome

Period: Imperial Period

Accession number: 2008.1419

Description: Obverse: head of Domitian, laureate, to the right CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III Reverse: Spes, walking to the left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising skirt with left PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS

Provenance/Ownership History: By date unknown: with Numismatica Ars Classica, Niederdorfstrasse 43 CH 8022, Zürich, Switzerland; by 2000: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 18 (Hotel Baur au Lac, Talstrasse 1, 8022 Zürich, March 29-30, 2000, lot 487); by 2002: with Numismatica Ars Classica (Auction 24, Hotel Baur au Lac, Talstrasse 1, 8022 Zürich, December 5, 2002, lot 59); 2002/3: purchased by Michael C. Ruettgers; 2008: gift of Michael C. Ruettgers to MFA, December 17, 2008

Gift of Michael C. Ruettgers