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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2556966, member: 82616&quot;]This was delivered to my PO box yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]550645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Cistophorus, 10.66g</p><p>Rome mint (for Asia), 82 AD</p><p>RIC 844 (R), BMC p. 352, RSC 668, RPC 868 (3 spec.)</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: Aquila between two standards, one surmounted by a banner, the other by a hand</p><p>Ex. Berk 144, 13 July 2005, lot 572.</p><p><br /></p><p>A small issue of cistophori were struck in Rome for Titus and Domitian in 81-82 AD.</p><p>Although lacking a date, this cistophorus is believed to have been struck along side the COS VIII dated examples in 82. There is a COS VIII cistophorus overstruck with this undated legend (RPC 869), so perhaps the undated coins were struck a bit later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the style and die axis suggests Rome as the mint, Butcher and Ponting in <i>The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage</i> have concluded the silver content is from a different stock than contemporary denarii struck at the mint. They speculate recycled denarii or provincial silver was used in the striking of these Rome mint cistophori.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, I really do love imperial cistophori and was very happy to add this one to my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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