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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 762950, member: 8959&quot;]Here is an aureus of Domitian, as Caesar under Vespasian. minted ca. A.D 73.&nbsp; </p><p>R.I.C 232.</p><p>It depicts the emperor on horseback, carrying a sceptre and raising his hand.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I read somewhere that the object at the tip of the sceptre is suppossed to be a human head. This gory detail would somehow fit with what one reads about Domitian, although it is possible that history has protrayed him somewhat more negatively than he deserves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly Titus Flavius Domitianus, youngest son of Vespasianus, and Titus&#039; brother did not do too bad as a military commander, personally leading successful campaigns against the Dacians and Sarmatians in the east, and directing a campaign against the Marcommanen who threatened to overrun the province of Germania. His actions helped secure the Pax Romana in the area for the next 90 years or so, until the time of Marcus Aurelius.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I thought this coin and tidbits of history would be interesting for some of you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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