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As - Domitian S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 85 |
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| Value | As = 1⁄16 Denarius |
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| Reverse description | The winged figure of Victory striding left, depicted in flowing drapery, holding in her outstretched hands a large oval shield inscribed S P Q R (Senatus Populusque Romanus). The senatorial authorization monogram S C (Senatus Consultum) appears prominently in the field, divided to either side of the central figure — S to the left and C to the right. The composition is characteristic of Domitianic aes reverse types, emphasizing the emperor's military victories and the constitutional authority of the Senate over bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | S C (Translation: Senatus Consultum. Decree of the senate.) |
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Domitian's reign saw an aggressive reassertion of imperial monetary control, including a brief but significant restoration of the silver denarius to Neronian fineness in 82 AD — a policy ultimately reversed under fiscal pressure. This bronze issue from 85 AD falls within his restructured coinage program, issued after the Dacian campaigns of 84–85 prompted both military expenditure and a new wave of propagandistic output from the Rome mint.
RIC II.1 308 is a reasonably well-documented type, with OCRE recording multiple institutional holdings.