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Aureus - Domitian TR POT II COS VIIII DES X P P, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 83 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Minerva, goddess of wisdom and war, depicted in full-length facing left in the field. She wears a crested helmet and flowing robes, raising a thunderbolt in her right hand while her left arm supports a tall grounded shield at her side; a small owl, her sacred attribute, appears at her feet. The composition is characteristic of the Domitianic Minerva reverse type, reflecting the emperor's particular devotion to the goddess. The surrounding legend TR POT II COS VIIII DES X P P is arranged in a circular band within a beaded border, citing Domitian's tribunician and consular titles. |
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Domitian's ninth consulship in 83 AD coincided directly with his German campaign, the war from which he claimed a triumph and assumed the title Germanicus. The treasury pressure of sustained military operations on the Rhine frontier makes gold issues from this precise tribunician year relatively constrained in surviving numbers, despite Domitian's generally prolific gold output.
RIC II.1 #166 belongs to the revised second edition of Roman Imperial Coinage, which substantially reclassified Domitianic aurei from the earlier Mattingly-Sydenham numbering — collectors working from older references should verify against OCRE before attributing.