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Dupondius - Domitian FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C, Fortuna
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 88-89 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate and draped bust of Domitian facing right, rendered in high relief with characteristic Flavian portraiture. The radiate crown, composed of seven pointed rays, identifies the denomination as a dupondius. The emperor's strong-featured profile displays a prominent brow and short beard, consistent with his later coinage. The encircling Latin legend, reading from lower left, fills the field around the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Fortuna depicted standing to the left in full figure, draped in a long stola, holding a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left arm, symbolic attributes of fortune and abundance. The Senatus Consultum mark, rendered as S C, flanks the figure in the lower field, confirming senatorial authorization of the issue. The reverse legend arcs around the upper periphery within a beaded border. The composition is characteristic of Flavian imperial bronzes, with the figure occupying the central field in a composed, formal stance. |
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Domitian's FORTVNAE AVGVSTI coinage belongs to a sustained program of religious propaganda that intensified after his consolidation of autocratic power in the mid-80s AD. The appeal to Fortuna Augusta was deliberate — framing imperial fortune as a divine attribute of the ruler himself rather than a gift the gods might withdraw. By 88–89, Domitian had already survived the revolt of Saturninus on the Rhine, which broke out in January 89, and coins invoking divine favor for the emperor carried unmistakable political weight in its immediate aftermath.