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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3593094, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;ve been working up attribution for a Domitian As I just obtained (time has been unkind to it).&nbsp; It appears to be a fairly common coin, but as I was looking at various online examples, I noticed some have a dot in the obverse legend between GERM and COS.&nbsp; Some don&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any significance to this, or is it just a common variation?&nbsp; The Flavian knowledge is so deep on Coin Talk I thought I&#039;d throw it out there.&nbsp; The dot version seems slightly less common than no-dot, but I found quite a few:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/domitian_ae_as_86_ad__fidei_pvblicae_fides_standing_holding_bowl_of_fruit/464298/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/domitian_ae_as_86_ad__fidei_pvblicae_fides_standing_holding_bowl_of_fruit/464298/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins/79/product/domitian_ae_as_86_ad__fidei_pvblicae_fides_standing_holding_bowl_of_fruit/464298/Default.aspx</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2656&amp;lot=291" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2656&amp;lot=291" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2656&amp;lot=291</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancientcointraders.com/roman-domitian-fides-publica-p-480.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancientcointraders.com/roman-domitian-fides-publica-p-480.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancientcointraders.com/roman-domitian-fides-publica-p-480.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]960296[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(86 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM • COS XII C[ENS PER P P], laureate bust right with</p><p>aegis / FIDEI [PVBLICAE] S-C, Fides standing right holding ears of grain and basket of fruit.</p><p>RIC 486; RCV 2804.</p><p>(10.81 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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