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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4522217, member: 82616&quot;]Specialists cannot be too picky about the coins they collect. When it comes to rarities you take what you can get. I recently came across this extremely rare Domitian denarius on eBay, I didn&#039;t mind it came warped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120303[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.02g</p><p>Rome mint, 88 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XV COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)</p><p>RIC 592 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, May 2020. Formerly in ANACS holder 6241625, grade F 15, Damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 1 January 88 Domitian still held his 14th imperial acclamation, but soon he was to rack up three more by the year&#039;s end. This denarius is dated by his 15th imperial acclamation, presumably from a Dacian campaign battle, awarded sometime in late summer just before the new title TR P VIII is recorded on the coinage in mid September. The issue from which this coin was struck is quite rare, indicating a very small period of time it could have been struck, perhaps just a few weeks. Missing from the BM and Paris collections. RIC cites one in Madrid and another in a private collection. [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] has a specimen as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to tell when the damage to this coin occurred or what caused it (any educated guesses would be appreciated!), but overall I don&#039;t think the warped flan detracts too much from the overall appearance. At any rate, it&#039;s highly unlikely another will cross my path any time soon - I can live with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your beloved and damaged coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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