Collection close
Image for Dupondius of Domitian
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image
Image for Dupondius of Domitian
tooltip-icon Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Zero

Download Image
  • arrow_forward_ios
  • arrow_forward_ios
Dupondius of Domitian Thumbnail
Dupondius of Domitian Thumbnail
Dupondius of Domitian Thumbnail
Dupondius of Domitian Thumbnail

Dupondius of Domitian

Roman (Metalworker)
90-91 CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze; struck
(Roman Empire , )

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.

Inscription

[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

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.

Exhibitions

2015 From Rubens to the Grand Tour. Academy Art Museum, Easton.
Share

Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Harold Landon, 1943

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Chamber of Wonders

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

59.646

Do you have additional information?

Notify the curator