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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 7855965, member: 74968"]While not a rare coin, I have been looking for a decent one of these for a while. I find the denarii for Domitian in his first year as Augustus to be very interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type also exists for Titus. Many reverses for Titus were also used for Domitian denarii. Also, there are ravens on the reverse which is just really cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portraits for these early Domitisan denarii vary wildly. Some are really ugly and some are in quite good style. Imho they do not reach the spectacular pinnacle of portraiture achieved on some of the denarii from 84-88 CE. Still, these early portraits are interesting. For example, take a look at the nose of the portrait. This characteristic nose was later sanitized so that Domitian is pictured with a perfect nose on some later denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your favorite reverse types.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian (81-96). AR Denarius, 81 AD. </p><p>(17.50mm. 3.11g)</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right; IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG. </p><p>Rev: Tripod with fillets surmounted by two ravens; above, dolphin over wreath. TR P COS VII.</p><p>RIC II-p. 1 (2nd ed.) 5. VF/About VF.</p><p>Purchased from: Artemide Aste Auction 56E. August 29, 2021. Lot 316</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 7855965, member: 74968"]While not a rare coin, I have been looking for a decent one of these for a while. I find the denarii for Domitian in his first year as Augustus to be very interesting. This reverse type also exists for Titus. Many reverses for Titus were also used for Domitian denarii. Also, there are ravens on the reverse which is just really cool. The portraits for these early Domitisan denarii vary wildly. Some are really ugly and some are in quite good style. Imho they do not reach the spectacular pinnacle of portraiture achieved on some of the denarii from 84-88 CE. Still, these early portraits are interesting. For example, take a look at the nose of the portrait. This characteristic nose was later sanitized so that Domitian is pictured with a perfect nose on some later denarii. Feel free to post your favorite reverse types. Domitian (81-96). AR Denarius, 81 AD. (17.50mm. 3.11g) Obv: Laureate head right; IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG. Rev: Tripod with fillets surmounted by two ravens; above, dolphin over wreath. TR P COS VII. RIC II-p. 1 (2nd ed.) 5. VF/About VF. Purchased from: Artemide Aste Auction 56E. August 29, 2021. Lot 316 [ATTACH=full]1353530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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