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Denarius - Domitian TP P COS VII
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 81 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in the restrained Flavian portrait style with characteristic short hair and strong facial features. The imperial legend encircles the effigy, running from left to right along the coin's periphery. The portrait displays the emperor's neck and lower chin in a slightly draped treatment typical of early Domitianic issues. The flan shows the slightly irregular, hand-struck character common to Roman silver coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG (Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar, Domitian, emperor.) |
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Struck in 81 AD, the year Domitian succeeded his brother Titus, this early issue predates his formal adoption of the title "Dominus et Deus" — the self-deification that would eventually alienate the Senate and contribute to his assassination in 96 AD. COS VII places it firmly in his first year of rule, before the consolidation of the autocratic style that defined the later reign. RIC II.1 #2 is among the earliest numbered types of his coinage sequence.