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Sestertius - Domitian S C, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 80-81 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Minerva, helmeted and clad in military dress, strides vigorously to the right, brandishing an upraised spear in her right hand and holding a large round shield on her left arm. The goddess is depicted in her martial aspect, a favourite reverse type of Domitian who held Minerva in particular veneration. The monumental senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the central figure in large letters to the left and right of the field, asserting the senate's role in authorising bronze coinage. The reverse field is otherwise plain, focusing attention on the dynamic pose of the deity. |
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Domitian struck these sestertii during his brief tenure as Caesar under his brother Titus, before the latter's death in September 81 AD handed him the principate. The short two-year window for titulature coins of this type — issued without the title Augustus — keeps the production window tight and attributable with unusual precision.