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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2988168, member: 82616&quot;]I won this denarius on eBay the first week of January. It finally arrived from Europe a few days ago! What a relief!</p><p><br /></p><p>I concede the coin doesn&#039;t look like anything of note (just another ragged Domitian Minerva), but it is actually something quite special.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]736543[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.10g</p><p>Rome mint, 92 AD</p><p>RIC 738 (R2). BMC (spec. acquired 1990). RSC - .</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P; Minerva stg. l., with spear (M4)</p><p>Ex Dionysos, eBay, January 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius is from a very rare issue struck towards the end of summer 92 and can be dated by the TR P XI and IMP XXII, an exceedingly rare combination. This series commemorating Domitian&#039;s 22nd imperial acclamation was most likely awarded for a victory against the Sarmatians and Suevi near the end of the campaigning season just before he became TR P XII on 14th September. The rarity of this dating combination indicates just how tight the window was for this issue. Perhaps struck for just a few fleeting weeks (or days).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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