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Sestertius - Domitian S C, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 80-81 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, rendered in high relief with characteristic curly hair and strong facial features typical of early Flavian portraiture. The neck is bare and the truncation is visible at the base of the bust. The encircling Latin legend reads CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIAN COS VII, disposed around the periphery of the flan within a beaded border. The portrait conveys an authoritative, idealized likeness consistent with the imperial numismatic tradition of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Minerva, helmeted and in full military attire, depicted facing left in the center of the field. She holds a thunderbolt or spear aloft in her raised right hand and supports a large round shield with her left arm. The large senatorial monogram letters S and C (Senatus Consultum) flank the deity on either side in the lower field, rendered in bold relief. The composition is open with no exergual line, and the entire design is contained within a beaded border. The type reflects Domitian's well-documented personal veneration of Minerva as his patron goddess. |
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