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As - Domitian SALVTI AVGVSTI S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 85 |
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| Value | As = 1⁄16 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Domitian facing right, wearing an aegis on the left shoulder, rendered in bold high relief typical of Flavian imperial portraiture. The emperor's strong facial features, including a prominent brow and aquiline nose, are clearly delineated. The obverse legend encircles the effigy, reading from the lower left in Latin capital letters across the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Undecimum, Censoria Potestate, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the eleventh time, holder of censorial power, father of the nation.) |
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Domitian's SALVTI AVGVSTI coinage belongs to a period of deliberate religious programming — his reign saw an aggressive promotion of the imperial cult and traditional Roman piety as instruments of political authority, culminating in his demand to be addressed as *dominus et deus*. The Salus type, invoking the goddess of public welfare and safety, was effectively conscripted into that project. By 85 AD the Danubian frontier was under serious pressure, and appeals to divine protection of the emperor carried immediate military resonance.