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Denarius Cn. Domitius, ROMA CN•DOM
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 128 BC |
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| Weight | 3.94 g |
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| Obverse lettering | X |
| Reverse description | Victory driving a fast-moving biga (two-horse chariot) to the right, her drapery billowing behind her as she leans forward holding the reins and a whip. Below the horses, a dog runs in the same direction, a distinctive device associated with this issue of Cn. Domitius. The legend ROMA arcs across the upper field, while CN•DOM appears in the exergue. A dotted border surrounds the entire design. |
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Issued by Cnaeus Domitius, one of the moneyers active around 128 BC, this denarius belongs to a period when the office of tresviri monetales was consolidating its role in advertising aristocratic lineage through coinage. The Domitii Ahenobarbi were among the more politically assertive gentes of the middle Republic, and moneyers of the family used coin issues consistently to keep the name in public circulation — quite literally.
RRC 261/1 is well documented with no exceptional die varieties of note. Crawford dated the issue to 128 BC on stylistic and hoard evidence rather than any surviving mint record.