ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Domitia. Augusta, AD 82-96. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.25 g, 7h). Struck under Domitian, AD 82. Good VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 538. Estimated: $ 4 000

Roman Provincial, Silver

Sold For $ 6 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Domitia. Augusta, AD 82-96. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.25 g, 7h). Struck under Domitian, AD 82. DOMITIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in long braids with single looped plait at back / VENVS AVG, Venus Victrix, seen half from behind, naked to the hips, standing right, resting elbow on column, holding scepter in left hand and helmet in right. RPC II 870; RIC II 847 (Domitian); RSC 19. Lightly toned, minor deposits. Good VF. Very rare, with a portrait in fine style.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 257 (15 October 2018), lot 611; Künker 280 (26 September 2016), lot 574.

Domitia Longina was the daughter of the famous Roman general Corbulo, and the mistress of Domitian before the two were married in AD 71. A boy was born to the couple, but died very young and was deified upon Domitian’s accession as emperor in AD 81. Domitia was acclaimed as Augusta shortly thereafter, but the marriage was a tempestuous one and she was exiled from the palace for a time in AD 83. By the following year she had returned, and the couple seems to have arrived at a modus vivendi for the rest of Domitian’s reign. The historian Cassius Dio claims Domitia had a role in her husband’s assassination in September of AD 96. However, she continued to refer to herself as “Domitia, wife of Domitian” for the rest of her long life. She died peacefully sometime between AD 126 and 130.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session Two – Lot 335-673 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 10 January 2023 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

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