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.
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.