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As - Domitian PROVIDENT S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 73-74 |
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| Value | 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarii |
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| Reverse lettering | PROVIDENT S C (Translation: Providentia. Senatus Consultum. Foresight. Decree of the senate.) |
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| Mintage | ND (73-74) |
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This as falls within Domitian's tenure as Caesar under his father Vespasian, struck before his own accession in 81 AD. The PROVIDENT reverse type was a deliberate dynastic message — Flavian propaganda emphasizing the foresight and planning of the new ruling house, which had seized power in the chaotic Year of the Four Emperors just a few years prior. Vespasian understood legitimacy had to be constructed, not assumed.
RIC II.1 671 represents the revised Flavian volume scholarship, with the second edition of RIC II significantly reorganizing and renumbering earlier attributions for this period.