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Dupondius - Domitian VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S C, Virtus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 92-94 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER P P (Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, consul for the 16th time, censor for life, father of the nation.) |
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| Mintage | ND (92-94) |
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Domitian's VIRTVTI AVGVSTI coinage was part of a deliberate program of self-glorification that intensified after the Danubian campaigns of the late 80s AD, where he claimed a triumph over the Dacians and Chatti that contemporaries — including Tacitus — considered largely manufactured. The Senate's forced compliance in ratifying these honors makes issues invoking martial virtue particularly charged objects.
RIC II.1 754 dates to the period of Domitian's most autocratic rule, just years before his assassination in 96 AD.