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Aureus - Domitian TR POT IMP II COS VIII DES VIIII P P, Minerva, Rome
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 82 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M (Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), high priest) |
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| Mintage | ND (82) |
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Domitian's tribunician and consular dating on this aureus places it firmly in 82 AD, the year following his consolidation of power after Titus's death. He had already begun the autocratic program that would define — and eventually doom — his reign, including the revival of the censorship and aggressive enforcement of the lex maiestatis. The COS VIII designation marks his eighth consulship, held ordinarily, while DES VIIII signals his designation for the ninth, a forward-dating device that advertised dynastic continuity rather than responded to any military achievement.
Gold coinage under Domitian maintained a notably consistent fineness, a deliberate policy reversing Neronian debasement.