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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2852698, member: 82616"]The sequence of titles in 81 developed like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:</p><p>IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG</p><p>IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT</p><p>IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT & IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT AVG PONT</p><p>IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M & IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT(IAN) AVG P M</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev:</p><p>Group 1 - TR P COS VII</p><p>Group 2 -PP COS VII DES VIII</p><p>Group 3 - COS VII DES VIII P P</p><p>Group 4 - TR P COS VII DES VIII P P</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously Domitian was IMP, AVG, and TRP upon his accession. So, the DES VIII legend came after TR P COS VII. There is no explanation as to why TRP was not part of the Group 2 and 3 reverse legends. Regardless, it was a temporary development because the TRP title is resumed on the Group 4 denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the various different styles of the portraits comes down to the individual engraver creating the die. Keep in mind even under Titus, Domitian as Caesar had varying styles of portraiture too - some Titus-like, others not so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the title PM: If Domitian was not Pontifex Maximus by 30 October it is likely the 'PONT' denarii were struck before that date, therefore, he did indeed follow Augustus' precedent of using the temporary title 'PONT' on the coinage before his election to Ponifex Maximus. This would mean that the much more plentiful denarii without 'PONT' were all struck in the last two months of 81, a massive effort on the mint's part to say the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, as you can see there is much that needs to be sorted out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2852698, member: 82616"]The sequence of titles in 81 developed like this: Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT & IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT AVG PONT IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M & IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT(IAN) AVG P M Rev: Group 1 - TR P COS VII Group 2 -PP COS VII DES VIII Group 3 - COS VII DES VIII P P Group 4 - TR P COS VII DES VIII P P Obviously Domitian was IMP, AVG, and TRP upon his accession. So, the DES VIII legend came after TR P COS VII. There is no explanation as to why TRP was not part of the Group 2 and 3 reverse legends. Regardless, it was a temporary development because the TRP title is resumed on the Group 4 denarii. I think the various different styles of the portraits comes down to the individual engraver creating the die. Keep in mind even under Titus, Domitian as Caesar had varying styles of portraiture too - some Titus-like, others not so much. Regarding the title PM: If Domitian was not Pontifex Maximus by 30 October it is likely the 'PONT' denarii were struck before that date, therefore, he did indeed follow Augustus' precedent of using the temporary title 'PONT' on the coinage before his election to Ponifex Maximus. This would mean that the much more plentiful denarii without 'PONT' were all struck in the last two months of 81, a massive effort on the mint's part to say the least. In any case, as you can see there is much that needs to be sorted out![/QUOTE]
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