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Aureus - Domitian P M TR POT III IMP V COS X P P, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 84 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC (Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Domitian, emperor, conqueror of the Germans.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Domitian's third tribunician power dates this aureus precisely to 84 AD, the year he launched his campaign against the Chatti across the Rhine — a war he celebrated with a triumph despite considerable senatorial skepticism about its legitimacy. The imperatorial acclamation count and consulship number visible in the legend allow these coins to be placed within months of striking, making Domitian's aurei unusually useful for reconstructing the chronology of his early reign.
He raised the silver purity of the denarius to near-Neronian standards that same year, a reform that briefly restored monetary confidence before being quietly reversed under Nerva.