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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 25309815, member: 135271&quot;]That Domitian denarius is quite nice! Sorry you missed on your Roma targets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Domitian denarius I bought a little while ago. It was listed for sale without any description to speak of, and only after purchasing it did I discover it is an extremely rare early type and possibly one of only four known to exist.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1616851[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">DOMITIAN, AD 81-96</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">AR Denarius (18.77mm, 2.91g, 6h)</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">Struck September - December, AD 81. Rome mint</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">Obverse: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT, laureate head of Domitian right</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">Reverse: COS VII DES VIII P P, winged thunderbolt on seat draped with fringed cover</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">References: RIC II 34 (R3, same dies)</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">An early issue struck under Domitian when he still lacked the additional title of Maximus (merely PONT rather than PONTIFEX MAXIMUS). This type is extremely rare, rated R3 in the 2007 RIC edition. As of 2024, only four specimens are known to exist, and all four share the same dies.</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>This second coin was purchased for the portrait. It is also a rare type, but not nearly so rare as the previous coin. I thought the portrait style on this one was better than most you see:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1616852[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><i><p style="text-align: center">DOMITIAN, AD 81-96</p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i>AR Denarius (19.29mm, 3.53g, 6h)</p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i>Str<font size="4">uck AD 88-89. Rome mint</font></p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i><font size="4">Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head of Domitian right</font></p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i><font size="4">Reverse: IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS PPP, Mine</font>rva standing right on top of rostral column, holding spear and shield; owl to lower right</p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i>References: RIC II 657 (R)</p></i></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><i>A rare type, well-struck on good metal with light toning. A superb portrait of Domitian in fine style.</p><p></i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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