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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2512192, member: 82616&quot;]My most recent acquisition is yet another Domitian issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534539[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.12g</p><p>Rome mint, 88-89 AD</p><p>RIC 665 (R2), BMC p. 331 *, RSC 247b</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XVIII COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. l., with thunderbolt and spear; shield at her l. side (M3)</p><p><br /></p><p>A very rare denarius from Domitian&#039;s third issue of 88-89 recording his 18th imperial acclamation. Domitian was campaigning against the Dacians in 88 and presumably that is the likely explanation for most of the imperial acclamations during the time period. Those denarii with IMP XVIII are some of the rarest and were probably struck for just a few days. A military diploma dated 7 November, 88 records Domitian as IMP XVII, therefore this tiny issue must have been struck soon after that date at the end of 88 and/or very early in 89. RIC speculates mid December 88. All the denarii from this issue are quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck in average style on a tight flan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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