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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2184923, member: 82616&quot;]Certain denarii struck by Domitian in 88-89 bearing his 14th consulship can be rare. Those with TR P XVII are rare enough to be of note.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]423599[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, 88-89 AD</p><p>RIC 656 (R), BMC 147, RSC 246</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva adv r., with spear and shield (M1)</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian did not take the consulship in 89, so this rare denarius is dated by TR P VIII between September 88 and September 89. The date can be further narrowed down by the 17th imperial acclamation. A military diploma dated 7 November, 88 records Domitian as IMP XVII, so this issue must have been struck briefly at the end of 88, perhaps just a month or so due to the rarity of the acclamation number on the denarii. Domitian&#039;s imperial acclamations were piling up fairly rapidly during this time period due to increased military activity along the Danube.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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