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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7493129, member: 82616"]Domitian struck the Minerva denarius types for 13 years - many are ho-hum, a few are just sublime. I think this one is the latter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295572[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.55g</p><p>Rome mint, 85 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES•DOMIT AVG•GERM•P•M•TR•P•V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP•XI•COS•XI CENS•P•P•P; Minverva stg. l., with spear (M4)</p><p>RIC 393 (R). BMC 87. RSC 189. BNC -.</p><p>Ex Asta 91, 15-16 December 2020, lot 173.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the denarii from Domitian's sixth issue of 85 are extremely rare. It is the first denarius issue which marks Domitian's assumption of the perpetual censorship (CENS P). Of note, both obv. and rev. legends on this example are riddled with spacing dots, a trademark of these issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any comments or related coins are welcomed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7493129, member: 82616"]Domitian struck the Minerva denarius types for 13 years - many are ho-hum, a few are just sublime. I think this one is the latter. [ATTACH=full]1295572[/ATTACH] [B]Domitian[/B] AR Denarius, 3.55g Rome mint, 85 AD Obv: IMP CAES•DOMIT AVG•GERM•P•M•TR•P•V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: IMP•XI•COS•XI CENS•P•P•P; Minverva stg. l., with spear (M4) RIC 393 (R). BMC 87. RSC 189. BNC -. Ex Asta 91, 15-16 December 2020, lot 173. All the denarii from Domitian's sixth issue of 85 are extremely rare. It is the first denarius issue which marks Domitian's assumption of the perpetual censorship (CENS P). Of note, both obv. and rev. legends on this example are riddled with spacing dots, a trademark of these issues. Any comments or related coins are welcomed![/QUOTE]
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