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As - Domitian FIDEI PVBLICAE S C, Fides
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 88-89 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, rendered in bold high relief characteristic of late Flavian portraiture. The emperor's effigy displays a strong, naturalistic profile with clearly defined facial features and a laurel wreath encircling the head. The encircling legend runs from lower left around the obverse field. The portrait style reflects the mature imperial coinage of Domitian's reign, combining idealized and realistic elements. |
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| Mintage | ND (88-89) |
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Domitian's FIDES PVBLICA coinage of 88–89 coincides with his increasingly autocratic consolidation of power following the Saturninus revolt of January 89, when the commander of the Upper Rhine legions briefly proclaimed himself emperor. The appeal to public faith — fides as a constitutional and religious bond between Romans — was politically loaded: Domitian needed to reassert loyalty after the mutiny was suppressed, and coinage was a direct channel for that message.
RIC II.1 647 falls within the second expanded edition's significant reattribution work on Domitianic bronzes, correcting earlier RIC II classifications that had collapsed several distinct emission groups.