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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4108669, member: 82616&quot;]Domitian&#039;s middle bronzes are quite affordable and can be easily found in trade. Aesthetically they are quite pleasing, especially the dupondii. My latest addition is one such coin - not too expensive and very easy on the eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066942[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 10.34g</p><p>Rome mint, 90-91 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, radiate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; S C in field; Virtus stg. r., foot on helmet, with spear and parazonium</p><p>RIC 706 (C2). BMC 446. BNC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Virtus type was struck repeatedly on Domitian&#039;s middle bronze from 84 onwards. I. Carradice in his 1983 monograph on Domitian&#039;s coinage says the following concerning the type - &#039;Virtus is a military type, symbolic of the courage of Domitian and the mutual devotion between the army and emperor.&#039; Virtus first appears on the coinage in the flurry of Germania Capta types that were struck soon after Domitian&#039;s German triumph. She is impressively depicted in traditional Amazon attire. This Virtus dupondius is fairly common but is oddly missing from the Paris collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your affordable beauties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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