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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5392480, member: 91461"]It sure looks like it is a die match to me. Though, that's by eye. I really should take the time to download the relatively simple software to superimpose coin images.</p><p>It always has bothered me that the Flavian ladies are said to look much different than their coins and that the portrait on the coin is essentially their husbands as ladies... though I suppose that's better than them all looking like Titus and Domitian's married their sisters as many coins appear!</p><p>Yours however does not. The simple explanation if we think she really did look as "ratty" as many coins posted herein portray is that her portrait on your coin is as idealized as Domitian's (which, to me, makes him look more August and less Flavian).</p><p>But I tend to believe your portrait to look much closer than</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232045[/ATTACH]</p><p>Domitia</p><p>Lydia, Philadelphia. Augusta, A.D. 82-96. AE 16 (15.36 mm, 2.66 g, 1 h). ΔOMITIA AYΓΟΥCΤΑ (CCW), draped bust of Domitia right / ЄΠI ΛΑΓЄT ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄ (CCW), bunch of grapes on vine-stem. RPC 1336. Near VF / VF, dark green patina, minor deposits in recesses[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5392480, member: 91461"]It sure looks like it is a die match to me. Though, that's by eye. I really should take the time to download the relatively simple software to superimpose coin images. It always has bothered me that the Flavian ladies are said to look much different than their coins and that the portrait on the coin is essentially their husbands as ladies... though I suppose that's better than them all looking like Titus and Domitian's married their sisters as many coins appear! Yours however does not. The simple explanation if we think she really did look as "ratty" as many coins posted herein portray is that her portrait on your coin is as idealized as Domitian's (which, to me, makes him look more August and less Flavian). But I tend to believe your portrait to look much closer than [ATTACH=full]1232045[/ATTACH] Domitia Lydia, Philadelphia. Augusta, A.D. 82-96. AE 16 (15.36 mm, 2.66 g, 1 h). ΔOMITIA AYΓΟΥCΤΑ (CCW), draped bust of Domitia right / ЄΠI ΛΑΓЄT ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄ (CCW), bunch of grapes on vine-stem. RPC 1336. Near VF / VF, dark green patina, minor deposits in recesses[/QUOTE]
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