Gold aureus of Vespasian

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, head of Domitian (younger son of Vespasian)/COS V, kneeling barbarian with standard and vexillum—the type probably alludes to the Parthian request for military assistance against the Alans
Rome

Gold aureus of Vespasian, Gold, Roman

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