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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 24609210, member: 99456&quot;]Fabulous coin of Domitian, [USER=147282]@Homer2[/USER], and not an easy one to find - the lack of reverse legend other than COS XIIII makes it stand out.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian</b>, 81-96, denarius, Rome, 88</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII, laureate head of Domitian to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Rev. COS - XIIII Minerva standing right on top of rostral column, holding spear and shield; owl right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.553" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.553" rel="nofollow">RIC 553</a></p><p><i>&lt;corrected attribution per [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! it is not the similar <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.562" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.562" rel="nofollow">RIC 562</a>&gt;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Suetonius doesn&#039;t paint a portrait of a gregarious and fun loving emperor:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>&quot;At the beginning of his reign he used to spend hours in seclusion every day, doing nothing but catch flies and stab them with a keenly-sharpened stylus.&quot;</i></b></p><p>-Suetonius, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#3.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#3.1" rel="nofollow">Life of Domitian, 3.1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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