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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 4856448, member: 74968&quot;]This one is very special. With all of the denarii of Domitian that I have acquired one might think that I should have a few of the impressive Cistophori struck for Domitian. Until the last day I had none. I do have a Cistophorus for Titus but until now one for Domitian had eluded me. The reason I have avoided buying one until now is because I was waiting for the right one. Well this one fits the bill perfectly. I have seen many of these coins cross the block. Some have had the standards reverse and some with the reverse featuring the temple to Capitoline Jupiter. I really like the temple reverses for Domitian. On the denarii the temple reverse are quite rare and are also very expensive. A temple reverse denarius for Domitian in okay condition would have cost over 1000 USD before the pandemic. Currently these denarii go for about double what they did before the pandemic. These denarii are sought after for many reasons including the fact that they do not show a Minvera on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I have seen a number of Domitian Cistophori I was waiting for a rare one. On the reverse of this coin is a temple to Roma. This is much rarer than the type with the temple of Jupiter. I actually think that this coin went very cheaply. I have found that with the Heritage auctions if the coin does not have the magic letters au or ms, the coins quite often go under the radar. I believe that this one did so. In fact I won this coin for the price of 3 ordinary common denarii of Domitian in the same grade range. I find this interesting of course because a Cistophorus was worth 3 denarii when struck. This was a bargain I could not refuse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thrilled to have won my first Domitian Cistophorus. I absolutely love the coin itself. The portrait is very good and the reverse is excellent IMHO. I never thought I would have the opportunity to own one of these and I am very glad I spotted this one. It is listed in RIC as R2 (very few examples known). I find this to be quite accurate. They do not show up in trade very often at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins with temple reverses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian AR Cistophorus&nbsp; 95 CE</p><p>(26mm 6h)</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Domitian right; IMP CAES DOMITIANVS </p><p>Rev: Distyle temple inscribed ROM ET AVG containing figure of Augustus, standing facing, spear in right hand, being crowned with right hand by female figure of Roma (on right), cornucopia in left hand</p><p>RIC 854</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=232037&amp;ic=breadcrumb-coins-121913-interior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=232037&amp;ic=breadcrumb-coins-121913-interior" rel="nofollow">2020 September 9-10 Wednesday &amp; Thursday World &amp; Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction #232037</a>&nbsp; Lot #62175</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172663[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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