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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3346232, member: 82616&quot;]Domitian was considered &#039;evil&#039; by the senatorial and equestrian classes. They wrote the history books, so I suppose that&#039;s history&#039;s verdict.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the last coins struck for Domitian just before his assassination. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]886103[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.99g</p><p>Rome mint, 96 AD</p><p>RIC 820 (R2). BMC - . RSC - .</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XVI; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. l., with spear (M4)</p><p>Ex Savoca Numismatik, eBay, 10 April 2015. </p><p><br /></p><p>This very rare denarius was struck within the span of just a few days between 14 September 96, when he assumed TR P XVI, and 18 September 96, the date of his assassination. Most likely the mint immediately halted production once word reached them of Domitian&#039;s death, melting down all the new coinage that had not already been issued because of the Damnatio Memoriae decreed by the Senate against him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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