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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3161619, member: 44316&quot;]When Vespasian died his sons Titus and Domitian issued coins with legends noting that they were sons of the deified Vespasian. Here is one of Domitian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811669[/ATTACH]</p><p>29-28 mm. 8.30 grams.</p><p>Listed as a dupondius with a note that they can be hard to distinguish from asses.</p><p>CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN COS VII</p><p>Laureate head right</p><p>CERES AVGVST</p><p>Ceres standing left holding ears of grain and a long torch, S C either side</p><p>Struck 80-81 AD at Rome as Caesar under Titus according to &quot;COS VII&quot; in the legend because Domitian became COS VII in 80 and COS VIII in 82.</p><p>The obverse is perfectly centered on a large flan. The lettering is remarkably bold and even--very pleasing. The reverse shows corrosion pits and the flan is what I call dry.</p><p>Sear I 2687. RIC II.1 (Titus) 333, as a dupondius, &quot;R&quot;. The RIC plate coin is not as nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] , do you have some AE of Domitian to show us? Does anyone else?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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