As - Domitian MONETA AVGVST S C, Moneta

Domitian's 84 AD aes coinage was produced during a period of deliberate monetary reform — he had restored the silver content of the denarius to Augustan standards the previous year, a policy that held until 85 AD when military expenditure forced a reversal. The MONETA AVGVST type, invoking the goddess of the mint herself, reads almost as official advertising for that short-lived reform effort.

RIC II.1 #223 is a Rome mint product from the first of Domitian's reorganized tribunician years. The sestertius-weight bronze of this period shows measurable inconsistency in flan preparation across known examples.