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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4042473, member: 82616&quot;]Today in the post I received a coin I was attracted to not because of the rarity (it is indeed rare!), but more so because of the beautiful patina.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060843[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian as Caesar</b> </p><p>Æ As, 4.57g</p><p>Rome mint, 74 AD (Vespasian)</p><p>Obv: CAESAR DOMIT COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: S C in laurel wreath</p><p>RIC 1578 (R2). BMC -. BNC -. RPC 2003 (0 Spec.).</p><p>Acquired from Forvm Ancient Coins, January 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>An extremely rare orichalcum As struck for Domitian Caesar under Vespasian in 74 AD. Traditionally the issue has been attributed to various Eastern mints, however, recent scholarship has shown that it was produced in Rome. Style, die axis, metal, and circulation pattern all point to a Western coinage, despite the &#039;Eastern&#039; flavour of the reverse designs. T. Buttrey in the RIC II.1 Addenda wrote: &#039;There is nothing like this series in the whole of Roman imperial coinage. It is a deliberate act of Orientalism, imposing the flavour of the East on a Western coinage&#039;. This particular As featuring a right facing portrait is rarer than the much more common left facing portrait. Missing from both the BM and Paris collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is part of the same issue that my recent Titus Caesar semis is from. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-in-rome.354207/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-in-rome.354207/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-in-rome.354207/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Although the piece has an interesting numismatic story to tell, it was the aesthetically pleasing patina I was most attracted to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your pretty patinas![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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