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Denarius - Domitian PACI AVGVSTAE, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Domitian as Caesar facing right, depicted in a youthful portrait style characteristic of his early Flavian coinage. The effigy shows the prince with short hair rendered in fine strands, wearing a paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder. The encircling legend reads DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F, identifying him as son of the reigning emperor Vespasian. The flan is irregular and slightly worn, consistent with hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG F (Translation: Domitian Caesar, son of the emperor (Augustus).) |
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This denarius belongs to Domitian's output as Caesar under his father Vespasian, struck in the immediate aftermath of the Jewish War. The PACI AVGVSTAE reverse type was part of a coordinated propaganda effort by the Flavian dynasty to advertise the restoration of peace following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD — a conflict that had destabilized the eastern empire and, critically, provided the military justification for Vespasian's own seizure of power. Domitian himself had played no meaningful role in that war, having remained in Rome while his brother Titus commanded the siege.