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Sestertius with bust of Domitian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 85
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 22.07 gm.
Credit Line
Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.659
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Domitian, laureate, bearded, right, with aegis.
IMPCAESDOMITAVGGERMCOSXICENS POTPP
Reverse: Domitian, togate, veiled, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar; in background left, shrine of Minerva, showing two columns in front and a third on right side, with pediment; in shrine, Minerva (details lost).
S C left and right in field.
IMPCAESDOMITAVGGERMCOSXICENS POTPP
Reverse: Domitian, togate, veiled, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar; in background left, shrine of Minerva, showing two columns in front and a third on right side, with pediment; in shrine, Minerva (details lost).
S C left and right in field.