As - Domitian COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC S C

The legend LVD SAEC FEC — ludi saeculares fecit, "he celebrated the Secular Games" — places this as commemorating Domitian's revival of the ludi saeculares in 88 AD, moved forward from the Augustan 110-year cycle to realign the games with his own reign. The decision was politically deliberate: by invoking the ritual that Augustus had used to inaugurate a new age, Domitian positioned himself as the inaugurator of a second one. The Augustan precedent was well known, and the parallel was not subtle.

The games of 88 included three nights of theatrical performance, chariot races, and animal hunts — Suetonius records Domitian presiding in Greek dress, which caused its own controversy among the senatorial class.