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Aureus - Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian TITVS ET DOMITIANVS PRIN IV
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 69-70 |
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| Weight | 7.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Vespasian facing right, rendered in high relief with characteristic portraiture of the Flavian dynasty, displaying the emperor's mature, slightly fleshy features. The legend encircles the bust within the field, running along the coin's periphery. The effigy presents a draped right shoulder, consistent with early Flavian imperial aureus iconography. The engraving conveys a robust and naturalistic likeness, reflecting the realist portrait tradition of Roman imperial coinage under Vespasian. |
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| Reverse description | Two togate male figures, identified as Titus and Domitian as Principes Iuventutis, seated left side by side on curule chairs of office. Each figure extends a branch in the right hand, while the left hand rests at the side, conveying the princes' civic and dynastic roles. The composition is symmetrical and formally rendered, emphasizing the legitimacy and continuity of Flavian dynastic succession. The reverse legend appears in the field above and around the figures, identifying them by name and title. |
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Issued in the chaotic opening months of Vespasian's reign, this aureus belongs to a small group struck to signal dynastic continuity before the new Flavian order had fully consolidated power. Naming both Titus and Domitian as princes was a deliberate political maneuver — Vespasian had not yet reached Rome when these coins entered circulation, and projecting a stable succession was as urgent as any military campaign.
The PRIN IV title dates the issue precisely to 69–70, before Titus received tribunician power. Few Flavian aurei carry this specific titulature.