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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7877193, member: 82616&quot;]I couldn&#039;t resist this one. A common reverse type for Domitian, but paired with a very stylish portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1357947[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 10.13g</p><p>Rome mint, 87 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, radiate, bearded, r., with aegis</p><p>Rev: FORTVNAE AVGVSTI; S C in field; Fortuna stg. l., with rudder and cornucopiae</p><p>RIC 536 (R). BMC 397. BNC 427.</p><p>Acquired from CGB.fr, August 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>This common Fortuna type was repeatedly struck throughout Domitian&#039;s reign on his middle bronze. She also fleetingly showed up on the denarius in 82. Mattingly calls this Fortuna &#039;the special Fortuna that watches over the imperial office&#039;. Suetonius writes that near the end of Domitian&#039;s reign on 1 January 96 &#039;The Fortuna of Praeneste, which throughout the whole time he was emperor had habitually given him a happy and virtually the same answer to him whenever he entrusted the new year to her care, finally gave a most gloomy answer - and not without the mention of blood.&#039; The COS XIII variant with aegis portrait is quite rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please show your coins purchased for their portraits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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