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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2512335, member: 82616"]LOL. His later issues after 88 are hit and miss style wise, especially the larger ones in the early to mid 90's. All in all, the style on this denarius isn't bad, it just doesn't ascend to the heights his engravers were achieving earlier that same year, IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early in the reign Domitian paid particular attention to the goings on at the mint, even employing the best engravers. Later, with all the wars being waged, perhaps he had other fish to fry and lost interest in the minutiae of his coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 2512335, member: 82616"]LOL. His later issues after 88 are hit and miss style wise, especially the larger ones in the early to mid 90's. All in all, the style on this denarius isn't bad, it just doesn't ascend to the heights his engravers were achieving earlier that same year, IMHO. Early in the reign Domitian paid particular attention to the goings on at the mint, even employing the best engravers. Later, with all the wars being waged, perhaps he had other fish to fry and lost interest in the minutiae of his coinage.[/QUOTE]
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