Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Dupondius - Domitian FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 85 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Dupondius = 1/8 Denarius |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Radiate bust of Emperor Domitian facing right, draped and cuirassed, with the characteristic radiate crown denoting the dupondius denomination. The imperial effigy is rendered in a vigorous, naturalistic style typical of Flavian portraiture, with pronounced facial features. The encircling Latin legend runs from lower left to upper right around the bust, naming the emperor with his full titulature. The flan is slightly irregular, as is customary for struck bronze coinage of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Undecimum. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the eleventh time.) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Domitian's FORTVNAE AVGVSTI issues belong to his broader program of associating the imperial office with divine favor — a program that grew increasingly insistent as his reign progressed and senatorial opposition hardened. By 85 AD he had already assumed a permanent consulship and was tightening control over public religious expression. The Fortuna type on the dupondius was not incidental; invoking the goddess's protection of the emperor specifically, rather than Rome generally, was a pointed theological distinction.
RIC II.1 290 is well-attested across major collections, though die alignment and flan quality vary considerably across the type.