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Denarius - Domitian P P COS VII DES VIII
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 81 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus]. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), [high] priest.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck in the opening months of Domitian's reign, following Titus's death in September 81 AD — an event ancient sources treated with suspicion, given Domitian's unconcealed ambition. The COS VII DES VIII designation tightly brackets production to a narrow window before he assumed his eighth consulship, making this among the earliest imperial issues of a reign that would last fifteen years and end in assassination.