Aureus of Vespasian for Domitian

Artists

Description

Obv.: head of Domitian Caesar facing right with laurel wreath Rev.: Parthian kneels r. with a Roman standard.

Dimensions

7.48 g

Provenance

Excavated in Boscoreale, Naples, Italy (1895). E. Guilhou, France, (by 1905), sold; through [Sambon, Paris, March 20, 1905, no. 30]. Jameson Collection. Mark and Lottie Salton, New York, (1950s-2022), sold; [through Fritz Rudolf Kunker, Osnabruck, Germany, October 20, 2022, lot 5769], to [B. & H. Kreindler Ancient Coinage, Melville, NY, (2022)], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (2022).