Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
As - Domitian S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
|---|---|
| Year | 86 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, portrayed with characteristic curly hair beneath the wreath, the neck truncation draped in aegis or paludamentum. The imperial effigy is rendered in high relief in the vigorous portraiture style typical of Flavian die-cutters. The encircling legend reads IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, distributed around the bust from lower left, clockwise. The portrait conveys the authority and assertive character associated with Domitian's mature imperial image. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Duodecimus, Censor Perpetuus, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the twelfth time, censor for life, father of the nation.) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |