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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5006138, member: 85693&quot;]Worn ancients - a topic that warms the cockles of my heart.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So as not to overwhelm the thread with 90% of my collection, I&#039;ll stick to a few big Domitians (which are far worse than David&#039;s lovely OP):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201202[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(90-91 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES DOMIT AVG] GERM COS XV CEN[S PER PP] laureate head right / [IOVI] VICTORI, [Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and sceptre]; [SC in exergue].</p><p>RIC 702, Cohen 314.</p><p>(24.53 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am almost ashamed of this one - it was only $1.90 (from a lot), if that&#039;s any excuse.&nbsp; Doug&#039;s website helped me narrow the date down, as noted in the attribution.&nbsp; The rest of it is so far gone I got no further:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201204[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(81 A.D. - 8th designated <b>consulship) </b></b></p><p><b><b>Rome Mint</b> </b></p><p>Laureate bust right, all legends worn away / Occluded standing figure (?), all legends worn away except DES VIII.</p><p>&quot;Domitian announced 8th Consulship on January 1, 82.&quot; (Doug Smith website)</p><p>(24.23 grams / 33 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, here is a sestertius-sized provincial:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201203[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp; Æ 31</b></p><p><b>(c. 81-96 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia </b></p><p>Α[ΥΤ(Ο) ΔΟΜΙ]ΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑ[Ρ ΣΕΒΑ(Σ) ΓΕΡ(Μ) (Α)], laureate head right / ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ [ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ], Eirene (?) standing left holding branch and cornucopia, prow in front, left.</p><p>RPC 678. </p><p>(22.71 grams / 31 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:&nbsp; </b>Trajan issued same type, but without reverse field marks:&nbsp; &quot;The figure is very like that of Pax on the Latin coins with PAX AVGVST (RPC II, 501), and so has been identified here as Eirene. Neither the snake (RPC II, 677) nor prow (RPC II, 678) is very appropriate for Eirene, though both occur with...Demeter...Both the snake and prow are perhaps in some sense &#039;issue-marks&#039; rather than attributes of the deity represented as the main type (see RPC II, 680-2).&quot;</p><p>(RPC Onilne)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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