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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8175019, member: 82616&quot;]I haven&#039;t gotten one of these Domitian bronze Virtus types in a while. I think there is something peculiarly Freudian about the frequency it was struck under Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428560[/ATTACH] <b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ As, 8.53g</p><p>Rome mint, 88-89 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; S C in field; Virtus stg. r., foot on helmet, with spear and parazonium</p><p>RIC 650 (C). BMC 417. BNC 454.</p><p>Acquired from Marc Breitsprecher, January 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Virtus type was struck repeatedly on Domitian&#039;s middle bronzes from 84 onwards. I. Carradice in his 1983 monograph on Domitian&#039;s coinage says the following concerning the type - &#039;Virtus is a military type, symbolic of the courage of Domitian and the mutual devotion between the army and emperor.&#039; Virtus first appears on the coinage in the flurry of Germania Capta types that were struck soon after Domitian&#039;s German triumph. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please show your coins featuring Virtus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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