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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Domitian, radiate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Fortuna, standing left, draped, holding cornucopia in left hand, rudder in right; beaded border. This dupondius was worth 1/200 of a gold aureus.
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Document identity
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291
label
Dupondius of Domitian
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object
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2
Source metadata
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291
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title
Dupondius of Domitian
description
Obverse: Head of Domitian, radiate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Fortuna, standing left, draped, holding cornucopia in left hand, rudder in right; beaded border. This dupondius was worth 1/200 of a gold aureus.
provenance
Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.
date
90-91 CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
coins
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) CAES(ar) DOMIT(ianus) AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) CO(n)S(ul) XV CENS(or) PER(petuus) P(ater) P(atriae) [Translation] Imperator
Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
consul for the 15th time
permanent censor
father of his country [Inscription
Latin; reverse] FORTVNAE AVGVSTI; S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] To the fortune of the Augustus
by senatorial decree
dynasty
Flavian Dynasty
reign
Domitian (AD 81-96)
med
bronze; struck
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6191
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ROM
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3360
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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595796b0a6d0e31f
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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6cbac158fe330772
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no
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