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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4629180, member: 75937"]Not so sure about the hairstyle resembling Domitia's coiffure. She is typically portrayed with an elaborate coiffure, curled extensively and piled high above the forehead and with a long plait falling down the back of the neck. See this bust in the Capitoline museum in Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145351[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On other portraits, the coiffure is even more severe:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145353[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145352[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145354[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This provincial perhaps understates the empress's elaborate coiffure:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-and-domitia-anazarbus-jpg.1018161/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian, AD 81-96, and Domitia, AD 82-96.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.45 g.</p><p>Cilicia, Anazarbus, city year 112 = AD 93/4.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΥΙ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ ΓΕΡ, laureate head of Domitian, right; behind, star.</p><p>Rev: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ ΔΟΜΕΤΙΑ ⳞΕΒΑⳞΤΗ, ΙΒ-Ρ (in field), draped bust of Domitia, left.</p><p>Refs: RPC II 1749; SNG France 2019-20; BMC 9; Ziegler 76 (obv 1/rev 3); SNG Levante 1374.</p><p>Notes: Double die match to <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1749" rel="nofollow">RPC specimen</a> (Roma Numismatics XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6334018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6334018" rel="nofollow">lot 758</a> (ex Künker 236, 7 Oct. 2013, lot 1025)) and the SNG Levante plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is more apparent in this difficult-to-photograph diassarion:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-and-domitia-diassarion-koinon-of-thessaly-jpg.911042/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian and Domitia, AD 81-96</p><p>Roman provincial AE Assarion; 5.12 gm. 20 mm</p><p>Thessaly, Larissa, AD 82-96</p><p>Obv: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΛΟΙ, laureate head of Domitian, right</p><p>Rev: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right</p><p>Refs: SGI 891; BMC 7.7,76; RPC II 278; Rogers 88.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4629180, member: 75937"]Not so sure about the hairstyle resembling Domitia's coiffure. She is typically portrayed with an elaborate coiffure, curled extensively and piled high above the forehead and with a long plait falling down the back of the neck. See this bust in the Capitoline museum in Rome: [ATTACH=full]1145351[/ATTACH] On other portraits, the coiffure is even more severe: [ATTACH=full]1145353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145354[/ATTACH] This provincial perhaps understates the empress's elaborate coiffure: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-and-domitia-anazarbus-jpg.1018161/[/IMG] Domitian, AD 81-96, and Domitia, AD 82-96. Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.45 g. Cilicia, Anazarbus, city year 112 = AD 93/4. Obv: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΥΙ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ ΓΕΡ, laureate head of Domitian, right; behind, star. Rev: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ ΔΟΜΕΤΙΑ ⳞΕΒΑⳞΤΗ, ΙΒ-Ρ (in field), draped bust of Domitia, left. Refs: RPC II 1749; SNG France 2019-20; BMC 9; Ziegler 76 (obv 1/rev 3); SNG Levante 1374. Notes: Double die match to [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1749']RPC specimen[/URL] (Roma Numismatics XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6334018']lot 758[/URL] (ex Künker 236, 7 Oct. 2013, lot 1025)) and the SNG Levante plate coin. It is more apparent in this difficult-to-photograph diassarion: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-and-domitia-diassarion-koinon-of-thessaly-jpg.911042/[/IMG] Domitian and Domitia, AD 81-96 Roman provincial AE Assarion; 5.12 gm. 20 mm Thessaly, Larissa, AD 82-96 Obv: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΛΟΙ, laureate head of Domitian, right Rev: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right Refs: SGI 891; BMC 7.7,76; RPC II 278; Rogers 88.[/QUOTE]
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