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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2406183, member: 82616&quot;]Over the weekend I acquired a rare early Minerva type, probably struck within the first few weeks of Domitian&#039;s reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]496599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, 81 AD</p><p>RIC 28 (R), BMC p. 433, RSC 56a</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: COS VII DES VIII P P; Minerva adv r., with spear and shield (M1)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Minerva on this denarius is distinctively quite flamboyant and was struck in the Autumn of 81 soon after Domitian became emperor. This is one of the earliest appearances of Minerva for Domitian as Augustus and it copies the same type coined for him as Caesar under Titus the previous year. The reverse is a die match with the RIC plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was really thrilled to get this both because of the rarity of the piece and the bargain price. The eBay seller did not specialise in ancients, so I basically had no competition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Minervas or Domitians! (Yes Steve, please post yours too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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