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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6448921, member: 85693&quot;]Nice one, Orfew. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a worn example.&nbsp; My notes below give a possible reason behind the reverse design - via FORVM. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256580[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian (Caesar)&nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(80-81 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVE[NTVTIS], helmet on altar.</p><p>RIC 271 (Titus); RSC 399a.</p><p>(3.19 grams / 18 x 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Issued in 80 AD to propitiate the gods for the plague and fire in Rome and eruption of Vesuvius (destruction of Pompeii). Rites required the sacred couches of the gods (<i>pulvinaria</i>) be set out with emblems of the deity.&nbsp; Several coin issues of Titus and Domitian depict Minerva’s helmet on a draped couch.</p><p>(<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.forumancientcoins.com</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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