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As - Domitian IMP T VESP AVG REST S C, Ceres
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 80-81 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Domitian facing right, rendered with naturalistic portrait features typical of Flavian die engraving. The effigy displays the emperor with curly hair beneath the laurel wreath and a slightly draped shoulder visible at the bust truncation. The encircling Latin legend runs clockwise around the portrait field. The flan is slightly irregular, as characteristic of hammered Roman aes coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Ceres depicted seated left upon a throne or ornate chair, her body draped in flowing robes. In her extended right hand she holds a bundle of corn-ears, symbolising agricultural abundance, while her left hand grasps a long torch angled diagonally across her lap. The restoration legend of Titus encircles the field, and the authorising senatorial mark S C appears in the exergue below the throne. The composition closely follows the Claudian Ceres prototype being revived as part of Titus's restitution coinage programme. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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