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Quinarius Aureus - Domitian IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 88 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII (Translation: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Domitian, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the seventh time.) |
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| Mintage | ND (88) |
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Domitian's 14th imperatorial acclamation and 14th consulship, both commemorated in this coin's obverse legend, place its issue firmly in 88 AD — a year consumed by the Danubian wars against the Dacians and the political theater of the Ludi Saeculares, the century games last held under Augustus. The quinarius aureus was never a workhorse denomination; it circulated in narrow, elite channels, which partly explains why so few survive in any condition.
RIC II.1 588 is a scarce type even within Domitian's already thinly collected gold issues.