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Quadrans - Domitian DOMIT COS II
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 74 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC II.1#1581, OCRE#ric.2_1(2).ves.1581 |
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| Reverse lettering | DOMIT COS II (Translation: Domitianus Consul Secundus. Domitian, consul for the second time.) |
| Edge | Plain |
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This issue dates to 74 AD, when Domitian held the consulship for the second time under his father Vespasian — years before his own reign began in 81 AD. The quadrans was the smallest denomination in Roman bronze coinage, largely invisible in the literary record and struck in modest quantities for low-value transactions: public baths, street food, the cheapest market goods. Most were lost rather than saved, which is precisely why survivors attract serious attention.
The RIC II.1 revision by Carradice and Buttrey, published in 2007, substantially reorganized this series and renumbered many pieces from the original 1926 Mattingly catalogue.