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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7852558, member: 82616&quot;]The difficulty in obtaining a complete denarius issue like this for Domitian isn&#039;t because of the quantity of coins involved, rather it&#039;s because of the rarity. Starting in 83, Domitian&#039;s moneyers begain striking four main Minerva types for each denarius issue. This went largely uninterrupted until Domitian&#039;s assassination in 96. Some are rarer than others. All the denarii in this Fifth issue of 85 are extremely scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Minerva types are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>M1: Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear</p><p>M2: Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear, on capital of rostral column, accompanied by owl</p><p>M3: Minerva standing, facing left, with thunderbolt and spear and shield behind her feet</p><p>M4: Minerva standing left with spear</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin is a M4. Here are the other three.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352480[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.13g</p><p>Rome mint, 85 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP VIIII COS XI CENS POT P P; Minerva adv r., with spear and shield (M1)</p><p>RIC 342 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.</p><p>Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352481[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.34g</p><p>Rome mint, 85 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP VIIII COS XI CENS POT P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)</p><p>RIC 343 (R2). BMC p. 317, *. RSC 187. BNC -.</p><p>Ex Harlan J. Berk 186, 21 August 2013, lot 229.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352482[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.20g</p><p>Rome mint, 85 AD (fifth issue)</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP VIIII COS XI CENS POT P P; Minerva stg. l., with thunderbolt and spear; shield at her side (M3)</p><p>RIC 344 (R2). BMC -. RSC 186. BNC 87.</p><p>Ex CNG E363, 11 November 2015, lot 319.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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