A damnatio memoriae of Domitian
Lot 1972
PHRYGIA. Cibyra. Domitian, with Domitia, 81-96. Diassarion (Bronze, 22 mm, 6.10 g, 6 h), Klau. Bias, high priest. [ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ] ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ [ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ] Laureate head of Domitian, on the left (but erased), facing draped bust of Domitia, on the right. Rev. ЄΠΙ•ΑΡΧΙЄΡЄΩϹ•ΚΛΑΥ•ΒΙΑΝΤΟϹ / ΚΙ-ΒΥ Zeus seated left, his right hand outstretched and holding scepter in his left. BMC 43. RPC II 1262.22 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 284. An interesting example with the portrait of Domitian erased in an act of damnatio memoriae. Thick deposits, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, formed since the 1960s (with collector's ticket).
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