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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2591466, member: 82616&quot;]We had several inches of snow today, luckily it did not slow local mail delivery and this little beauty finally made its way to me after two weeks in the postal system.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564266[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Domitian Caesar</b></p><p>AR Drachm, 3.26g</p><p>Rome mint (for Cappadocia), 73-74 AD</p><p>RPC 1639 (10 spec.)</p><p>Obv: KAIC ΔOMITIANOC CЄBACTOY YIOC; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: OMONOIA CЄBACTH; Homonoia/Concordia seated l., holding patera in r. hand, sceptre in l. hand</p><p>Acquired from Lanz (eBay), November 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome likely struck a small issue of drachms for Cappadocia in 73-74. Coins were issued for Vespasian, Titus Caesar and Domitian Caesar. This Homonoia reverse for Domitian is probably the most common coin of the group. The 6 o&#039;clock die axis and the &#039;Roman&#039; style of the piece strongly suggest Rome as the home mint. Metallurgical analysis by K. Butcher and M. Ponting show these drachms were struck with the same silver bullion as that used to strike contemporary Roman denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>It makes a nice companion piece with the Titus Caesar drachm from Rome I posted last week. The fact the two were acquired so close to one another is purely by chance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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