v08_0191 - DOMITIANUS Semis, (PB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 215.11 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 215.11 €
Type : Semis, (PB, Æ 20)
Date: 88-89
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan large et complet avec un beau portrait / Joli revers. Métal légèrement granuleux
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII.
Obverse description : Buste casqué d'Athéna à droite avec une grande égide.
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul quartus decimus" (L'empereur césar Domitien auguste germanique consul pour la quatorzième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Chouette debout à gauche, la tête de face.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l'exemplaire du British Museum et du Cabinet des médailles de Paris.
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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