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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3336559, member: 82616&quot;]Minerva was Domitian&#039;s patron deity. She dominated his denarii after he reorganised the mint in 82. The one year when she did not was 88 AD, the year of the Secular Games when types that commemorated the festival were produced instead. Your new acquisition was briefly struck after the Games were held in October. The rapid succession of IMP numbers indicates a war was being waged, probably somewhere along the Danube.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know whether I&#039;m more impressed you found one or that you wanted it! Most collectors would have passed it by.</p><p><br /></p><p>So rare, I have only one coin from the issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883798[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Domitian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 2.93g</p><p>Rome mint, 88-89 AD</p><p>RIC 652 (R2). BMC - . RSC - .</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XVI COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva adv r., with spear and shield (M1)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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