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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2840585, member: 82616&quot;]An extremely rare Domitian Caesar denarius won on eBay in 2012 for $19.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671914[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.14g</p><p>Rome Mint, 79 AD</p><p>RIC V1088 (R3), BMC p. 46 note, RSC 379</p><p>Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS; Vesta std. l., with Palladium and sceptre</p><p>Ex Den of Antiquity (eBay), October 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very scarce (4th known) left facing portrait of the common Vesta and Palladium reverse. It is listed in Cohen as 379 (citing lot 784 of the de Moustier Sale of 1872) , although the new RIC states it is unverified(?). The lone example cited by RIC is in G. Mazzini&#039;s Monete imperiali romane, vol. 1. Also, Curtis Clay has a specimen, same die pair as mine. Left facing portraits of Domitian are extremely rare, especially those as Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This probably is the least expensive denarius in my collection, other than a couple of dealer freebies. Cheap coins have a story to tell too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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