Domitian struck these aes coins during his brief tenure as Caesar under Titus, before ascending to emperor himself in September 81 AD. The S C formula — Senatus Consulto — nominally placed authority for bronze coinage with the Senate, a constitutional fiction both parties maintained for practical reasons throughout the Principate. Domitian's relationship with the Senate would later collapse spectacularly; these coins predate that rupture entirely.
RIC II.1 #343 reflects the revised Carradice and Buttrey attribution, superseding the older RIC II numbering for Flavian bronzes.
Domitian struck these aes coins during his brief tenure as Caesar under Titus, before ascending to emperor himself in September 81 AD. The S C formula — Senatus Consulto — nominally placed authority for bronze coinage with the Senate, a constitutional fiction both parties maintained for practical reasons throughout the Principate. Domitian's relationship with the Senate would later collapse spectacularly; these coins predate that rupture entirely.
RIC II.1 #343 reflects the revised Carradice and Buttrey attribution, superseding the older RIC II numbering for Flavian bronzes.