1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide 58E (5-6 March 2022)
  3. The Roman Empire
Lotto 523:
Domitia, wife of Domitian (Augusta 82-96 AD). AR Denarius. Struck under Domitian, 82-83 AD. Obv. DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMIT. Draped bust right, hair is knotted in long plait on neck and massed high in front above forehead. Rev. DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F. Naked infant boy (Divus Caesar as a baby Jupiter) seated on a globe, marked with cross zones, stretching out hands at sides; seven stars above and around. RIC II-p. 1 (2nd ed.) (Domit.) 213. AR. 2.98 g. 19.00 mm. R. Rough surfaces. About VF. Domitia Longina, daughter of the great general Cn. Domitius Carbulo, who by his eastern campaigns gave Nero his triumphal arch only to be rewarded by execution in 66, married Domitian in 70. She gave him a daughter in 82, and a son in the following year, who evidently died at, or not long after, birth. On this coin, the image of the dead child is that of a young Jupiter in celestial bliss seated on the celestial globe and surrounded by the seven stars (septemtriones), an asterism of the constellation Great Bear (Ursa Maior), today known as the Big Dipper or Plough. According to Greek and Roman tradition, the Great and Little Bears originated as the wet nurses Helike and Cynosure, who protected and raised Jupiter as a youth in Crete, and were rewarded by being placed in heaven among the constellations.
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