Aureus - Domitian P M TR POT IIII IMP VIII COS XI P P; Minerva

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus) (81-96)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	85
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.5 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 251685
References	RIC II.1# 255 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. , OCRE# ric.2_1(2).dom.255 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Domitian, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.

Reverse

Minerva advancing right, holding spear and shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR POT IIII IMP VIII COS XI P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Imperator Octavum, Consul Undecimum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the eleventh time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (85)

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