DOMTIAN August : 81-96 A.D. Mint: Roma Dated: 1 Jan.- 13 sept.86 A.D. Denomination: Sestertius Description material and conservation: Æ : Mass: Ca 25 grams . Ø planchet : 1.25 inch = about 31.8 mm (which is small, 33 mm. ) Quality: Spacious Beautiful, locally some corrosion pits , cleaned Provenance : Coll . ro, purchase. Detector Find: unknown . Posted MBF on March 6, 2014 , 12:22:27 pm » Literature: R.I.C. II2 , p .: 297 , no .: 468. Rarity C ( !?) ; Kampman : 24,126 (7); Coh .: 505 ; BMC: 377 ; CBN : 399 . Coin Description : Front: Bust with laurel wreath to the right, and aegis ( = the head of Medusa ) chest . Inscription: " Imperator Caesar DOMITianvs Avgvstvs GERManicvs COnSvl XII censor PERpetvvs Patriaea Father " , with no space between words or abbreviations and no lowercase letters. Reverse: August Domitian aanziend standing, with head to the left, dressed in military fatigues , breastplate and military cloak. At his feet lies Rhenus ( the personification of the river Rhine). On either side , " S - C". no omschrif did is copy from Netherlands to English
I bid on a coin like this not lon ago, but came up short. Very nice. I would gladly welcome one like it into my collection.
Thanks o yes i had some average coins and i have some coins iff they are fake or not fake.they are from the beginning. I dont know one on the market.
Great coin! I also wonder about the RIC rating. It says (C) which actually means scarce as opposed to (C2 or C3) but it does not come up often in trade. Here's mine though much more worn and COS XI: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT PP Laureate head of Domitian right SC Domitian standing left holding spear and parazonium, right foot on a reclining figure of Rhenus (The Rhine) Rome 85 AD 25.47g RIC 356 (C) From the Enrico collection This is the Wildwinds example
