PHRYGIA, Cibyra. Domitian, with Domitia. AD 81-96. Æ (25.5mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Claudius Bias, archiereus. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 471.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 250

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PHRYGIA, Cibyra. Domitian, with Domitia. AD 81-96. Æ (25.5mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Claudius Bias, archiereus. [Laureate head of Domitian] vis-à-vis draped bust of Domitia; c/m: eight-rayed star within round incuse / Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter. RPC II 1262; BMC 45; SNG von Aulock 3731. For c/m: Howgego 444. Green patina with light earthen highlights, scratches from the damnatio. Good VF.

“Though the general public greeted the news of Domitian’s fate with indifference, it deeply grieved the troops, who at once began to speak of Domitian the God and… insisted that his assassins should be brought to justice. The senators, on the other hand, were delighted, and thronged to denounce the dead Domitian in the house with bitter and insulting cries. Then, sending for ladders, they had his votive shields and statues hurled down before their eyes and dashed to the ground; and ended by decreeing that all inscriptions referring to him must be effaced, and all records of his reign obliterated.” (Suetonius, Domitian 23)

Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 12:36:40 ET.

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