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Denarius - Domitian COS V
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 77-78 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A helmeted horseman depicted in full military dress, advancing at a prancing pace to the right, his paludamentum billowing dramatically behind him. His right arm is raised and thrown back in a gesture of salute or command, conveying dynamic martial energy. The figure is rendered in the vigorous, somewhat abbreviated style typical of late Vespasianic denarii. The abbreviated consular legend appears in the field, commemorating Domitian's fifth consulship. The overall composition fills the flan compactly within a plain, undefined border. |
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| Reverse lettering | COS V (Translation: Consul Quintum. Consul for the fifth time.) |
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Struck under Domitian as Caesar during the joint reign of Vespasian, this issue dates to a politically careful moment — Domitian held the consulship for the fifth time in 77 AD but exercised little real power, Vespasian having made clear that Titus was his intended successor. The COS V designation pins the issue to a narrow window before Vespasian's death in June 79.
RIC II.1 #957 falls within the revised Flavian chronology established by the 2007 second edition, which substantially reorganized earlier attributions from Mattingly and Sydenham.