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Denarius - Domitian IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 90-91 |
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| Weight | 3.3 g |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P X (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Decima. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the tenth time.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The imperial titulature on this denarius pins it to a narrow window of Domitian's reign: IMP XXI dates from late 90, COS XV from January 90, and the CENS P P P formula reflects his assumption of permanent censorial powers in 85 — a constitutional innovation that alarmed the Senate far more than his consulships ever did. Domitian used the censorship not as a ceremonial honor but as an active tool, purging senators and controlling the equestrian career ladder with unusual directness.
RIC II.1 720 is among the better-documented types of his later coinage, struck at Rome in what was by then a highly systematized mint operation running parallel series with only modest titulature variation between them.