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Denarius - Domitian COS XIIII, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 88 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERMANICVS (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.) |
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Domitian held the consulship for the fourteenth time in 88 AD, a year that also saw the ludi saeculares — the Secular Games — celebrated for the first time since Claudius, marking the supposed completion of a 110-year cycle. Domitian used the occasion aggressively for dynastic self-promotion, and the consular dating on this issue places it squarely within that politically charged moment. His unusually frequent assumption of the consulship was itself a point of senatorial resentment, contributing to the hostility that colored his memory after his assassination in 96 AD.