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Aureus - Domitian GERMANICVS COS XVI, Germania
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 92-94 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.1#747, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).dom.747 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair beneath the wreath and a fillet tied at the nape. The bust is bare-shouldered and truncated, displaying the confident, idealized portraiture characteristic of Flavian imperial coinage. A beaded border frames the field. The obverse legend DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS runs around the periphery in well-spaced capital letters. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: Domitianus Augustus. Domitian, emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | A personification of Germania, nude to the waist and seated in a dejected posture upon a pile of captured arms and shields, facing left with her right arm raised toward her head in a gesture of mourning or submission. The figure's lower body is draped, and her seat upon the spolia evokes the Roman iconography of conquered peoples. A broken spear or standard lies beneath her. The legend GERMANICVS COS XVI arcs around the upper field in bold capital letters, celebrating Domitian's victory title and his sixteenth consulship. |
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