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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus Maximus, post: 3727834, member: 102867&quot;]<font size="4">I have not been so active lately, because I started my new education. Hopefully I will find more time to post in the coming period. Recently I found this nice coin on Vcoins. It shows Domitian as Caesar. The coin is not particularly beautiful. But has reasonable details and moreover the price was right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The dating of the coin proves difficult Ric has this coin under Vespasian but some others say that the coin was minted during the reign of Titus. The coin raises more questions, why Caesar Domitian struck a coin to show the unity with the legions. According to some, the explanation should be found at Suetonius:</font></p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">On the death of his father he hesitated for some time whether to offer a double largess to the soldiers, and he never had any compunction about saying that he had been left a partner in the imperial power.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Suetonius, Emperors of Rome, Domitian 2,3</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2"><br /></font></i></p><p><font size="4">However, this also raises questions. Domitian is just Caesar on the coin. The titerlature is also still normal: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS.</font></p><p><font size="4">It is difficult to determine whether there has really been an internal power struggle between Titus and Domitian, but it seems clear that Domitian in particular hated Titus. This in combination with the mysterious death would be interesting for historical research. However, this also deserves nuance Domitian was probably not as bad as the sources tell us, since the sources all wrote after his death when a damnatio memoriae had already been spoken about him. Moreover, the writers of sources are almost always senators and the relationship between Domitian and the senate was rather problematic. </font></p><p><font size="4">A source that could probably have told us more are the Histories of Tacitus. but unfortunately we only have the first five of the fourteen books left.</font></p><p><font size="4">However, Tacitus&#039; opinion about Domitian is certain in his Agricola, Domitian is a terrible villain who does not want Agricola to be glorious. And then have him more or less poisoned.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Another nice fact about this coin is that it was struck in 79 the disastrous year in which the Vesuvius erupted.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/165/2/6/2Btgfd8JGMq94XzzRx6Bk7KTCw3Sa5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font size="4">CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI</font></p><p><font size="4">Laureate head right</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS</font></p><p><font size="4">Clasped hands before legionary eagle</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Domitian Caesar 69-81</font></p><p><font size="4">AR Denarius</font></p><p><font size="4">Struck 79</font></p><p><font size="4">3,13g/ 18mm</font></p><p><font size="4">Ric 1081 (Vespasian)</font></p><p><font size="4">Ex Tom Vossen</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">If you also have Domitians or other relevant coins, please show them.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><i><font size="2"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="2"></font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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