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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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Vespasian Junior. Caesar, AD ?-95/6. Æ (17.5mm, 2.16 g, 12h). Smyrna mint in Ionia. Struck circa AD 94-95. OYЄCΠACIANOC NEΩTEPOC, bare head right / ZMYP NAIΩN, Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. Klose Type XLII, Serie A, Gruppe a, 1 (V1/R2); RPC II 1028; Vagi 1165. Green-brown patina, some encrustations on reverse. VF. Rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs.
One of the greatest problems facing Domitian toward the end of his reign was the lack of an heir – a problem which he solved by adopting two sons of his niece Domitilla and her husband Titus Flavius Clemens, renaming the heirs Vespasian Junior and Domitian Junior. Becoming suspicious of Flavius, Domitian exiled him along with Domitilla to Pandateria on charges of atheism. As nothing further is recorded about either adopted heir, it can be assumed that both were punished in some way for the supposed crimes of their parents.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs.
One of the greatest problems facing Domitian toward the end of his reign was the lack of an heir – a problem which he solved by adopting two sons of his niece Domitilla and her husband Titus Flavius Clemens, renaming the heirs Vespasian Junior and Domitian Junior. Becoming suspicious of Flavius, Domitian exiled him along with Domitilla to Pandateria on charges of atheism. As nothing further is recorded about either adopted heir, it can be assumed that both were punished in some way for the supposed crimes of their parents.