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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2242602, member: 82616&quot;]Domitian as Caesar under his father Vespasian coined his own issue of denarii. The types were unique to him and not struck for Vespasian or Titus (unless accidentally!). Left facing portraits start to appear in the mid 70s and are rare for Vespasian, very rare for Titus as Caesar, and exceedingly rare for Domitian as Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of those exceedingly rare coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442541[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome Mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>RIC V958 (R3), BMC -, RSC -</p><p>Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: COS V; Horseman, helmeted, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, on horse prancing r., with r. hand thrown upwards and back</p><p><br /></p><p>Second known example of this type with left facing portrait and a die match with the unique RIC plate coin. These left facing portraits seem to have been struck at a ratio of 1:1000 with the common right facing! Not only rare, but, IMHO, the portrait is outstanding! The meaning of the reverse type is puzzling - is the horseman Domitian, Mars, or some other figure?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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