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Message:: [QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3580372, member: 74968"][USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] That is a very nice coin. It is RIC 657 and is marked (R) for rare. You are correct about the imperial acclamations. In 88 to 89 CE they were being awarded at a ferocious pace because of intense military activity. Your coin was struck sometime between the 14th of September 88 to September 13th of 89 CE. According to RIC we do know that IMP XVII was awarded before the 7th of November of 88 CE. According to the hoard evidence cited by RIC we can narrow this down to perhaps the 38 days between November 3rd and December 10 of 88 CE. This calculation greatly depends on the assumption of "regular output" and is based on the surviving coins in the hoards surveyed. Having said that, I can see why you were attracted to this coin. The portrait is great. I love the portraits on the Domitian denarii of 88 CE. They have an excellent style. This coin is also quite scarce. Good eye [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] and congratulations on a very nice purchase. Here is the British Museum example. Note the excellent style of the portrait. Still I like the charm of yours more than the British Museum example. [ATTACH=full]955225[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]