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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2918017, member: 19463&quot;]I know we have several Flavian specialists here so I hope to get an answer to my question.&nbsp; The subject coin (from the last Robinson sale) is bold and pretty but not high grade.&nbsp; Many soft silver Flavian denarii are worn worse than this.&nbsp; I found quite a few from CNG much nicer than this one (a lot less wear) and not a great deal more (only 2-3x).&nbsp; They are not rare, it seems.&nbsp; I did not bid high but won suggesting low demand for the coin.&nbsp; As part of usual catalog searching, I looked in Millennium Sear <b>Roman Coins and their values</b> vol 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; 2624 matches and is priced in VF at $1760.&nbsp; Mine is not VF but really?&nbsp; Other reverses of Domitian as Caesar from Rome are similarly high but Eastern coins that I would value highly are a fraction of that price as are most Domitian as Augustus issues.&nbsp; What factor caused David Sear to price these coins so high but did not elevate results for recent auctions?&nbsp; Did someone find a hoard saturating the market?&nbsp; Other explanation???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]705928[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI places the coin in 79 AD (COS VII followed in 80) and during the life of Vespasian (after he died, the legend would read DIVI AVG F).&nbsp; The reverse with legend PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS shows Salus leaning on a short column feeding a snake from a patera.&nbsp; I note that some dies of this type show Salus holding both snake and dish much higher in the air rather than resting on the column. Most of the examples I found online were well centered and well struck.&nbsp; This one is just normal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Domitian as Caesar coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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