Aureus - Domitian P M TR POT III IMP V COS X P P; Minerva
© Cahn Auction 75
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus) (81-96)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 84 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 251622 |
| References | RIC II.1# 192 Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey, Jr.; 2007. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.1. Vespasian – Domitian (AD 69–96) (Second revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Domitian, laureate and draped, left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus.
Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Domitian, emperor, conqueror of the Germans.
Reverse
Minerva standing left, holding spear.
Script: Latin
Lettering: P M TR POT III IMP V COS X P P
Unabridged legend: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Imperator Quintum, Consul Decimum, Pater Patriae.
Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, supreme commander for the fifth time, consul for the tenth time, father of the nation.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
The illustrated coin is from Plate 21 of “The Princely Fürstenberg Coin Cabinet in Donaueschingen (Volume 1): Ancient Coins: Greek Coins from Foreign and North German Ownership; The Princely Fürstenberg Coin Cabinet in Donaueschingen, Part 1, The series of the Romans, the Byzantines, the coins of the migration period and the Crusaders; The coins of the Roman imperial period from the collection of the justice councilor Dr. E. J. Haeberlin", auction 30 May 1932 (catalog no. 75), Adolph E. Cahn, Frankfurt, Main.
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