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Denarius - Domitian IMP XXI COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 88-89 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, rendered in high relief with strong portraiture characteristic of Flavian die-cutting. The emperor's features are boldly modeled, with a pronounced brow and aquiline nose. The laurel wreath is clearly articulated around the head. The circular legend runs along the periphery of the flan, partially visible on the irregular planchet edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the eighth time.) |
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Domitian's numbered imperatorial acclamations and consulships, stamped onto every denarius of his reign, function today as a precise dating mechanism — IMP XXI and COS XIIII together bracket this piece firmly to 88–89 AD, during the period when Domitian was consolidating autocratic control and had begun demanding to be addressed as dominus et deus. The Senate's damnatio memoriae after his assassination in 96 AD ordered his name struck from public monuments, but the coins were left in circulation.