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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24642943, member: 85693&quot;]Just got one of these.&nbsp; Mine&#039;s not nearly as nice as yours, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing about it I thought a bit noteworthy was the very large obverse lettering - I looked at quite a few of them, and this one was the only one I could find with such large lettering.&nbsp; At first I thought it might be an Eastern mint, which got my tail wagging, but no such thing exists for this issue.&nbsp; The portrait looks more Vespasian than Domitian too, but that might be from the gloppy patina it is afflicted with.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1568362[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Domitian Æ As </b></p><p><b>(81 A.D.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CA[ES] DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN A[VG P M], laureate head right /</p><p>TR P COS VII [DES VIII P] P, S-C, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding round shield on left RIC II.1 (2nd) 87; BMCRE 268.</p><p>(10.38 grams / 28 x 24 mm) eBay June 2023[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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