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Dupondius - Domitian ANNONA AVGVST S C, Annona

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint
Year 85
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Undecimum, Censoria Potestate, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the eleventh time, holder of censorial power, father of the nation.)
Reverse description The personification of Annona, goddess of the grain supply, is depicted seated to the right on a throne or chair, her body draped in flowing robes. She extends her right hand forward holding a sack or fold of garment containing corn-ears, symbolising the imperial grain dole, while behind her to the right a ship's stern (aplustre or acrostolium) is visible, alluding to the maritime transport of grain to Rome. A small subsidiary figure stands to the right in the field, possibly a modius-bearer or attendant. The composition is rendered in the confident, slightly rigid style of Flavian reverse engraving, with the large senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) prominently placed in the field.
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