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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3350605, member: 85693&quot;]Lovely coin, David.&nbsp; The way the columns on the temple sort of &quot;fade out&quot; behind the standing figures is interesting - an effort to keep the design from being cluttered, or an attempt at perspective, I assume?&nbsp; Ken&#039;s has the same look.&nbsp; My experience is limited, but I don&#039;t recall seeing that sort of thing before. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the risk of dragging down the aesthetics of this post, I just got a Domitian sestertius a couple days ago - it is appalling, but I really like it - there is something majestic about these big Flavian bronzes, even the ones that circulated heavily for 100+ years.&nbsp; I think I got the attribution right - there was just barely enough visible for me to winnow through OCRE to come up with it.&nbsp; Corrections always welcome. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]887136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp; Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(90-91 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES DOMIT AVG] GERM COS XV CEN[S PER PP] laureate head right / [IOVI] VICTORI, [Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and sceptre]; [SC in exergue].</p><p>RIC 702, Cohen 314.</p><p>(24.53 grams / 31 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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