AE 26 mm, 7.40 g Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM (counter-clockwise), laureate head right Rev.: no legend, eagle on globe, [ S ] C. Counterclockwise Latin legends on Flavian coins are only found on gold and silver, it never occurs on aes. The reverse is a reproduction of common asses of Vespasian. The only parallel I could find is this other imitative as of Domitian with a similar obverse (not the same die) and Felicitas on reverse : https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=84482 Many imitative bronze coins, mostly asses, were minted in Gaul in the 1st c. Imitations of asses of Lugdunum (Augustus and Tiberius), of asses of Agrippa, Claudius or Nero are fairly common. It is apparently not the case under the Flavians for which imitative asses seem scarce. Imitations are generally spotted due to the barbaric style or legend blunders. These Domitianic imitations (mine and the CGB specimen) are different : the style looks reasonably Roman, the legends are correct. We can tell they are imitations only because the obv. die has been copied from denarii minted in 81/82 and in both cases, the reverse reproduces an as of Vespasian.
