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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3700289, member: 82616&quot;]My latest arrival is not a beauty, nor a rarity. It&#039;s just an average, ordinary middle bronze struck by a dynasty striving to promote the &#039;business as usual&#039; message.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]991643[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>Æ As, 11.05g</p><p>Rome mint, 73-74 AD (Vespasian)</p><p>RIC 669 (C). BMC - . BNF 699.</p><p>Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: PAX AVGVST; S C in field; Pax stg. l., leaning on column, with caduceus and branch</p><p>Acquired from Musa Numismatics, August 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>The propaganda value of Pax for the Flavian dynasty after the Civil War, the revolt of Civilis, and the Jewish War cannot be underestimated. In her various guises she is one of the most popular types on Vespasian&#039;s coinage and shows up quite frequently during the reign on the coins struck for both himself and his sons. This <i>As</i> struck for Domitian as Caesar shows Pax leaning on a column, which likely copies a well known cult image of the goddess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tellingly, less than 10 years later, Pax would not feature so prominently on Domitian&#039;s own coinage as Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Pax coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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