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| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 85 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Domitian's bronze semis coinage of 85 AD falls within his aggressive reorganization of the Roman monetary system, a program that included restoring the silver content of the denarius to near-Neronian standards. The SC — Senatus Consulto — designation on aes coinage was by this point largely formulaic, the Senate's nominal authority over base-metal issues having been effectively meaningless for decades, but the abbreviation was retained as constitutional theater.
RIC II.1 309 is among the better-documented semis types of the Flavian period, appearing in OCRE with sufficient specimen records to establish die linkages across multiple collections.