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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 4519050, member: 74968&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of you have seen many posts from me on rare coins of the Flavians but especially Domitian. In the first year of his rule Domitian&#039;s denarii copied the designs for his brother Titus before him. The following coins feature one such reverse type. On the denarii of Titus there is a type with a triangular frame. Itself it is quite a common coin. However, on some of the reverse a lituus is shown under the frame. These are scarce to very rare depending on the number of palmettes featured on the triangular frame. You will find this reverse with 3, 5, or 9 palmettes. When Domitian had these coins struck he also included the rare variant. Below you will see RIC 3 for Domitian with no Lituus. The next coin was my first example with a lituus, and the last coin is the upgrade I won in the CNG auction yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also thrilled that this coin was part of the Benito collection. The final picture is shown with the kind permission of CNG auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119553[/ATTACH] </p><p>Picked this one up 4 years ago. Notice, no lituus under the frame.</p><p>Domitian. AR denarius (18.15 mm, 3.36 g, 7 h). Rome A.D. 81. (Group 1)</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: TR P COS VII, draped throne, back decorated with grain ears. </p><p>RIC 3 (R); BMCRE 2; RSC 554a. </p><p>Ex: William Rosenblum Coins Ex:Agora Auctions March 22, 2016 lot 52-174</p><p>Purchased from Agora Auctions March 22, 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119554[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up this one from our own [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] </p><p>Domitian. AR denarius 81 CE (Group 1)</p><p>(16.88 mm 3.02 g,). Rome mint, struck A.D. 81.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: TR P COS VII, draped throne, back decorated with grain ears Lituus beneath</p><p>the frame.</p><p>RIC 3 Var (R);. RSC 554a Var BMC 2 Var </p><p>Ex: Akropolis Ancient Coins June 22, 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119550[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And at last here is the upgrade I bought from CNG.</p><p><b>Domitian. </b>AD 81-96. AR Denarius </p><p>(17.5mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. </p><p>Struck 13 September-31 December AD 81. </p><p>Obv: Laureate head right; IMP CAESAR DOMITANVS AVG</p><p>Rev: <i>Pulvinar</i> (throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped, with tassels: it has a triangular frame on it, on which are three vertical bars on each side and one palmette in center, there is a lituus under the triangular frame; TR P COS VII.</p><p>RIC II.1 3 (Var); RSC 554a. </p><p>Light tone over hairlined surfaces. Good VF. </p><p>From the Benito Collection.</p><p>CNG electronic auction 468 Lot 411[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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