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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2524572, member: 57495"]A small point to note if you care about attribution numbers (honestly, not everyone does)... you'll notice that in the link Mikey provided for his example, the RIC number given is RIC II (Vespasian) 957, whereas what you have in yours is RIC 242. The number you've used is for the earlier edition of RIC that covers this period, which has since been superseded a new edition that was published in 2007, so the numbers have changed. The link also shows the correct obverse legend - CAESAR AVG <b>F</b> DOMITIANVS. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, nice choice for a first ancient! I like the reverse type and have one similar that was issued some years earlier, but with an anepigraphic reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538693[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>DOMITIAN, as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.1g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 73-75. RIC II (Vespasian) 680. O: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II, laureate head right. R: Domitian, togate, on rearing horse left, raising right hand and brandishing (eagle-tipped or human-headed??) sceptre in left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2524572, member: 57495"]A small point to note if you care about attribution numbers (honestly, not everyone does)... you'll notice that in the link Mikey provided for his example, the RIC number given is RIC II (Vespasian) 957, whereas what you have in yours is RIC 242. The number you've used is for the earlier edition of RIC that covers this period, which has since been superseded a new edition that was published in 2007, so the numbers have changed. The link also shows the correct obverse legend - CAESAR AVG [B]F[/B] DOMITIANVS. Anyway, nice choice for a first ancient! I like the reverse type and have one similar that was issued some years earlier, but with an anepigraphic reverse. [ATTACH=full]538693[/ATTACH] [B]DOMITIAN, as Caesar[/B] AR Denarius. 3.1g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 73-75. RIC II (Vespasian) 680. O: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II, laureate head right. R: Domitian, togate, on rearing horse left, raising right hand and brandishing (eagle-tipped or human-headed??) sceptre in left.[/QUOTE]
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