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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2940197, member: 82616&quot;]Santa arrived a wee bit early at Flavian Fanatic headquarters this year and left behind a fairly scarce Domitian quinarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715892[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Quinarius, 1.52g</p><p>Rome mint, 81- early 82 AD</p><p>RIC 118 (C). BMC 57. RSC 625.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM; Head of Domitian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGVST (anti-clockwwise, outwardly, from high l.); Victory std. l., with wreath and palm</p><p>Acquired from Dmitry Markov, December 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>This undated quinarius is part of Domitian&#039;s first issue of quinarii coined very early in the reign. The style and silver fineness of 80% indicate it was struck before the great coinage reform of 82 when the silver fineness was increased to 99%. This is probably the most common variant of the type from the issue, &#039;common&#039; being a relative term here! During the Flavian era quinarii compared to denarii were struck rather infrequently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Darkly toned and in fine early style. Punch-mark(?) in obverse field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your quinarii (or any other coins you think relevant).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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