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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 4348350, member: 74968&quot;]I have been actively looking for an Eastern mint denarius of Domitian for quite some time. They come to the market every once in a while. When they do there is usually a lot of competition for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only 3 denarii types for Domitian that feature SPES on the reverse. All 3 were struck for Domitian under Vespasian. They are RIC 788, 917, and 1489. Tis coin is RIC 1489 and I already have RIC 788. RIC 917 is known from a single example so far so I do not think I will ever find one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another feature of this coin is the annulet under the neck truncation on the obverse. This is a mysterious &#039;O&#039; mint denarius. Some believe that these coins were struck in Ephesus. I already have 2 &#039;O&#039; mint denarii for Vespasian but did not have one for Domitian. </p><p><br /></p><p>What should be obvious is the hole in the coin. I do not usually buy holed coins but I made an exception for this one. This is a case of taking what the market gives. If there were a better example available I would have bought it. I know of 2 others. One is the British Museum coin (also the RIC plate coin), and the other is owned by a Forum Ancient Coins member and is in the member&#039;s gallery. The British Museum coin is also the sole example on RPC online. Sometimes a coin is so rare you have to take any example because another is very unlikely to surface anytime soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your rare coins or coins of Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian AR Denarius Unknown mint in Asia Minor. ‘O’ mint. 76 CE</p><p>(3.13g)</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III; Head Laureate right, a small ‘O’ is visible below the neck truncation. </p><p>Rev: PRINCEP IVVENTVT; SPES standing left with flower</p><p>RIC 1489 (R2); BMC 481 [VESPASIAN]; RSC 375a;RPC 1462 </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100864[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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