v27_0524 - DOMITIANUS Denier
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 81
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire à l’usure régulière. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAESAR - DOMITIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Domitien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Domitianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Domitien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR P - COS VII.
Reverse description : Trône à dossier triangulaire.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul septimum”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la septième fois).
Commentary
Le portrait de Domitien n’est pas encore très ressemblant alors que les “scalptores” (graveurs) avaient son “imago” (portrait) depuis longtemps. Trône à dossier triangulaire (BN/R. n° 2, pl. XC), seul type signalé, lié au septième consulat.
Historical background
DOMITIANUS
(12/69-18/09/96)
Augustus
Domitian, born in 51, became august in 81, succeeding his brother. In 86, the Capitoline games were organized for the first time. The Flavian Palace is erected on the Palatine. In 88, the secular games were celebrated with pomp. A first campaign is launched on Dacia which ends with a peace of compromise, leaving Decebalus master of the situation. Domitian has just won a brilliant campaign against the Sarmatians and the Suevi (IMP XXII). Agricola died in disgrace on August 23, 93. In 95, Domitian had Flavius Clemens, his cousin, executed. The following year, Domitian will be assassinated at the instigation of his wife and the prefect of the Praetorium.
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