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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3089886, member: 82616&quot;]Presented without irony - a Domitian denarius that has an &#039;eyes to heaven&#039; portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779459[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.95g</p><p>Rome mint, 95-96 AD</p><p>RIC 788 (C2). BMC 231. RSC 293.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)</p><p>Acquired from Pegasi, May 2014. Ex Pegasi Auction 17, 6 November 2012, lot 467 (unsold).</p><p><br /></p><p>During the last year of Domitian&#039;s reign a smattering of these &#039;eyes to heaven&#039; portraits were struck on the denarii. I don&#039;t know if it was intentional or the whim of an individual engraver. Mattingly commented the upward gaze suggested Domitian had &quot;lofty aspirations&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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