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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4450897, member: 110350"]These two are not the same exact coin-type, but -- given my general one-coin-per-emperor buying philosophy, plus the fact that the reverse designs are essentially identical -- I almost certainly would not have bought the first of these Domitians if I had remembered that I had already had the second one since back in the 1980s/early 1990s. Even though I'm actually happy I bought it, because it's a very much nicer coin, I probably would have bought one from a different emperor (or at least with a different reverse) instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian (son of Vespasian) AR Denarius 88-89 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TRP VIII/ Rev. Minerva advancing right w/javelin & shield, IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS PPP. RIC II-1 667 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 137 (1926 ed.), RSC II 252, BMCRE 151. 17.78 mm., 3.42 g. <i>Ex Gorny & Mosch</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111020[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111021[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian AR Denarius 91-92 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TRP XI/ Rev. Minerva advancing right w/javelin & shield, IMP XXI COS XVI CENS PPP. RIC II-1 728 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 166 (1926 ed.), RSC II 273. 19 mm., 3.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111023[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4450897, member: 110350"]These two are not the same exact coin-type, but -- given my general one-coin-per-emperor buying philosophy, plus the fact that the reverse designs are essentially identical -- I almost certainly would not have bought the first of these Domitians if I had remembered that I had already had the second one since back in the 1980s/early 1990s. Even though I'm actually happy I bought it, because it's a very much nicer coin, I probably would have bought one from a different emperor (or at least with a different reverse) instead. Domitian (son of Vespasian) AR Denarius 88-89 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TRP VIII/ Rev. Minerva advancing right w/javelin & shield, IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS PPP. RIC II-1 667 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 137 (1926 ed.), RSC II 252, BMCRE 151. 17.78 mm., 3.42 g. [I]Ex Gorny & Mosch[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1111020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1111021[/ATTACH] Domitian AR Denarius 91-92 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TRP XI/ Rev. Minerva advancing right w/javelin & shield, IMP XXI COS XVI CENS PPP. RIC II-1 728 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 166 (1926 ed.), RSC II 273. 19 mm., 3.3 g. [ATTACH=full]1111023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1111024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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