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Aureus - Domitian
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 73-75 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II (Translation: Caesar Augusti Filius, Domitianus Consul Secundus. Caesar, son of the emperor (Augustus), Domitian, consul for the second time.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This aureus falls within Domitian's tenure as Caesar under his father Vespasian — a period when the young Flavian was formally elevated but held no real command. Vespasian kept power tightly consolidated after the chaos of 69 AD, and Domitian's early coinage reflects that subordination: struck in his name to project dynastic continuity, not personal authority. He would wait nearly a decade more before becoming emperor himself.
RIC II.1 679 is catalogued under the revised second edition of Roman Imperial Coinage, which substantially reorganized Flavian issues from the older numbering.