Obverse: Bust of Domitian

Reverse: Kneeling figure of a Sarmatian presenting a military ensign

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Gold
Denomination: Aureus
Issuing Authority: Domitian
Actual Weight: 7.378 g.
Date: exact 76 AD
Dimensions: 19 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Flavian


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the figure of a Sarmatian, kneeling profile to the right, presenting a military ensign

Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund

Commentary: Imperial aureus

Sources Used: Perkins Collection 1902, 100, 18; Cohen 1880-1892, 1, Domitien no. 48