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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3110599, member: 82616&quot;]A neat <i>pulvinar </i>type carried over from Titus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example and a little blurb I wrote about the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]789252[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.18g</p><p>Rome mint, 81 AD</p><p>RIC 64 (R). BMC p. 301 note. RSC 573.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P; Seat, draped; above, semicircular frame decorated with corn ears</p><p>Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N. Sneh Collection, group lot 806.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pulvinar seat type with a semicircular frame is strangely not a common one among the group four denarii of 81 AD. Also, the presence here of corn ears instead of three crescents is rare as well. The BMCRE notes and the RSC entry cites only the crescents for this type (see my RIC 100 for an example of the crescent type). A rare coin indeed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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