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| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 86 |
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| Value | 1 Dupondius = 1/8 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Duodecimus, Censor Perpetuus, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the twelfth time, censor for life, father of the nation.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Domitian's FORTVNAE AVGVSTI coinage of 86 AD belongs to a period when the emperor was actively restructuring the Roman monetary system — he had restored the silver content of the denarius to Augustan standards the previous year, a reform that lasted only until 85 AD before economic pressure forced a reversal. The bronze series continued uninterrupted through these fluctuations, making dupondii of this type the most stable coinage circulating in Rome during a financially turbulent decade.
RIC II.1 #479 is among the more frequently documented varieties from Domitian's third consular year issues, though die alignment and surface quality vary considerably across surviving specimens.