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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3920164, member: 82616"]Fantastic addition!</p><p><br /></p><p>Same dies as mine too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033305[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 3.32g</p><p>Rome Mint, 81 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P; Tripod with fillets; above, dolphin</p><p>RIC 75 (R2). BMC 22 note. RSC 568d corr. BNC 20.</p><p>Acquired privately from Berk, 6 June 2013. Ex Berk 177, 15 November 2011, lot 275 (unsold). Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian Carradice speculates that this die, because it is so close in style to the left facing portraits of Titus, indeed may have originally been a Titus obverse recut for Domitian. All the left facing portraits from the issue are from this same die. Interestingly, the coin is from the Fourth issue of 81 and presumably was not struck straight away within the first days of the new reign but more likely later in the year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3920164, member: 82616"]Fantastic addition! Same dies as mine too. [ATTACH=full]1033305[/ATTACH][B]Domitian[/B] AR Denarius, 3.32g Rome Mint, 81 AD Obv: IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l. Rev: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P; Tripod with fillets; above, dolphin RIC 75 (R2). BMC 22 note. RSC 568d corr. BNC 20. Acquired privately from Berk, 6 June 2013. Ex Berk 177, 15 November 2011, lot 275 (unsold). Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection Ian Carradice speculates that this die, because it is so close in style to the left facing portraits of Titus, indeed may have originally been a Titus obverse recut for Domitian. All the left facing portraits from the issue are from this same die. Interestingly, the coin is from the Fourth issue of 81 and presumably was not struck straight away within the first days of the new reign but more likely later in the year.[/QUOTE]
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