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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3099418, member: 82616&quot;]A week or so ago I started a thread in which I lamented missing out on a coveted denarius by just a few seconds. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/misery-loves-company.316995/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/misery-loves-company.316995/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/misery-loves-company.316995/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In that thread, fellow CTer [USER=73358]@ro1974[/USER] posted a picture of another example of the type which is a bit worn with a few scratches. No comment on the context of the photo followed (was it from a data base, his collection, or a past sale?). I&#039;ll be charitable and assume, since English is not his mother tongue, he was unable to adequately explain where he found it. Later that evening I was doing a search on MA Shops and found the coin in question as a new listing on a European seller&#039;s page! A most fortunate coincidence that two specimens of such a rare type were listed within 24 hours by two different dealers. Never have I been happier to have acquired a worn and scratched denarius!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]784208[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.10g</p><p>Rome mint, 76-77 AD</p><p>RIC V922 (R2). BMC - . RSC - .</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: COS IIII; Pegasus, standing r.</p><p>Acquired from Kölner, May 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>A rare obverse legend variant of the Pegasus type struck for Domitian Caesar under Vespasian. Here we have &#039;CAES&#039; instead of the much more common &#039;CAESAR&#039;. No reverse die links between the two different obverses have been found, perhaps suggesting the &#039;CAES&#039; issue came slightly later. Out of 240 Domitian Pegasus denarii on acsearch, only 6 have the &#039;CAES&#039; obverse. The reverse copies a denarius struck for Augustus (RIC 297). Mattingly speculates it refers to Domitian&#039;s poetic aspirations.</p><p><br /></p><p>An old coin tray ticket accompanied the piece, which would explain its nice &#039;cabinet tone&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]784217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The story gets even better! Stay tuned for &#039;Part Two&#039; coming very soon ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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