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Denarius - Domitian IMP XIIII COS XIII CENS P P P, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 87 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | Minerva, helmeted and clad in long robes, stands facing left in a martial posture, her right hand extended and holding a thunderbolt, her left hand grasping an upright spear. A large round shield rests against her left side. The goddess is depicted in the Flavian Minerva type that became emblematic of Domitian's coinage, reflecting his personal devotion to the deity. The reverse legend is distributed around the field in two arcs. |
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| Mintage | ND (87) |
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Domitian's censorial title CENS P P P — Censor Perpetuus, adopted in 85 AD — reflects his unprecedented claim to permanent censorship, an office traditionally held on fixed terms. No emperor before him had arrogated it in perpetuity, and the Senate's discomfort with the title was one thread in the accumulating resentments that ended with his assassination in 96 AD. The IMP XIIII acclamation dates this piece to 87, a year of renewed military pressure on the Danube frontier against the Dacians and Sarmatians.
Domitian also restored the silver fineness of the denarius to near-Neronian standards, reversing Vespasian's modest debasements — a monetary policy that held until Trajan's reign.