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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3117109, member: 82616&quot;]Recently, I was able to obtain a very rare Domitian as Caesar denarius. I&#039;ve been wanting one of these for quite sometime!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]792317[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.17g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD (Vespasian)</p><p>RIC 539 (R). BMC 122. RSC 665.</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMITIAN COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: No legend; Domitian on horse l.; cloak flying out behind, r. hand raised, sceptre in l.</p><p>Acquired from NumisCorner, June 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first denarius struck at Rome for Domitian as Caesar. Fittingly, it commemorates Domitian&#039;s appearance at Vespasian and Titus&#039; joint Jewish War Triumph - &#039;while taking part in the Judaean triumph, he rode on a white horse&#039; (Suetonius, Domitian, ii), which was the normal conduct for a young prince on such occasions. The type was struck in three variants: firstly, with a clockwise obverse legend and DOMITIAN fully spelled out, as we see here. Secondly, it would be shortened to DOMIT, with the legend still running clockwise. Lastly, the legend direction would change to counter clockwise with DOMIT. The first two variants are quite rare, the last relatively common. On this coin we see a cloak flying out from behind Domitian. This interesting detail only appears on a few coins of the first variant and does not show up on subsequent issues of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my examples of the other two variants.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]792321[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.46g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD (Vespasian)</p><p>RIC 541 (R2). BMC 129 var. RSC 664.</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: No legend; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.</p><p>Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N. Sneh Collection, lot 701. = Helios, ebay, 29 November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]792323[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.15g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD (Vespasian)</p><p>RIC 680 (C). BMC 129. RSC 664.</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: No legend; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.</p><p>Ex Berk 146, 29 November 2005, lot 363.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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