Semis S C, Apollo

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.