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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 5392011, member: 82616&quot;]When tracking down rare Domitian&#039;s denarius variants one has to be very eagle-eyed! This one has a subtle difference that may go unnoticed by most folks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231954[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.20g</p><p>Rome mint, 88-89 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERM P M TR P VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear, on capital of rostral column, accompanied by owl (M2)</p><p>RIC 658 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, December 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian did not take up the consulship in 89, therefore, this denarius is dated by TR P VIII between September 88 and September 89. The date can be further narrowed down by the 17th imperial acclamation. A military diploma dated 7 November, 88 records Domitian as IMP XVII, so this issue must have been struck briefly at the end of 88, perhaps just a month or so due to the rarity of the acclamation number on the denarii and the fact they were being awarded at a fairly rapid pace due to increased military activity along the Danube. This is an extremely rare variant with &#039;DOMITIANVS&#039; fully spelled out. Normally the denarius obverse legends use the abbreviated &#039;DOMIT&#039;. The variant spelling is known for 3 of the 4 Minerva types from this issue, only the Minerva advancing right (M1) is missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your &#039;low key&#039; rarities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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