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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7660948, member: 82616"]For a vain emperor Virtus was an important deity for mining imperial attributes. Needless to say, Domitian, always looking for an excuse to personally lead the troops, found quite a great deal of use for Virtus on the coinage. The commonness of my latest addition indicates how important it was to get the message out to as many plebs as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316846[/ATTACH]<b>Domitian</b></p><p>Æ As, 9.31g</p><p>Rome mint, 87 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; S C in field; Virtus stg. r., foot on helmet, with spear and parazonium</p><p>RIC 550 (C3). BMC 404. BNC 435.</p><p>Acquired from CGB.fr, June 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>The Virtus type was struck repeatedly on Domitian's middle bronzes from 84 onwards. I. Carradice in his 1983 monograph on Domitian's coinage says the following concerning the type - 'Virtus is a military type, symbolic of the courage of Domitian and the mutual devotion between the army and emperor.' Virtus first appears on the coinage in the flurry of Germania Capta types that were struck soon after Domitian's German triumph. She is seen on this common As from 87 impressively depicted in traditional Amazon attire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Virtus coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7660948, member: 82616"]For a vain emperor Virtus was an important deity for mining imperial attributes. Needless to say, Domitian, always looking for an excuse to personally lead the troops, found quite a great deal of use for Virtus on the coinage. The commonness of my latest addition indicates how important it was to get the message out to as many plebs as possible. [ATTACH=full]1316846[/ATTACH][B]Domitian[/B] Æ As, 9.31g Rome mint, 87 AD Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; S C in field; Virtus stg. r., foot on helmet, with spear and parazonium RIC 550 (C3). BMC 404. BNC 435. Acquired from CGB.fr, June 2021 The Virtus type was struck repeatedly on Domitian's middle bronzes from 84 onwards. I. Carradice in his 1983 monograph on Domitian's coinage says the following concerning the type - 'Virtus is a military type, symbolic of the courage of Domitian and the mutual devotion between the army and emperor.' Virtus first appears on the coinage in the flurry of Germania Capta types that were struck soon after Domitian's German triumph. She is seen on this common As from 87 impressively depicted in traditional Amazon attire. Feel free to share your Virtus coins.[/QUOTE]
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