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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Domitian as Caesar. 70-81 AD. Denarius, 3.46g. (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: CAES AVG F - DOMIT COS II (clockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: No legend, Domitian, togate, without flying cloak, on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding scepter topped by human bust in left. RIC 541 (R2). Cohen 664 (5 Fr.). BM 129 var. Paris 105 var. Interesting portrait. VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, eBay, 29 November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection).
This is the second earliest denarius struck for Domitian as Caesar, with the obverse legend still running clockwise but now shortening DOMITIAN to DOMIT and breaking above the portrait, and without the cloak flying from Domitian's shoulder on the reverse. Very rare: RIC 541 cites this denarius from Oxford and Vienna and Harlan Berk had a specimen in stock a number of years ago, but there are no examples in BMC, the Paris catalogue, CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, or the Berk photofile.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, eBay, 29 November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection).
This is the second earliest denarius struck for Domitian as Caesar, with the obverse legend still running clockwise but now shortening DOMITIAN to DOMIT and breaking above the portrait, and without the cloak flying from Domitian's shoulder on the reverse. Very rare: RIC 541 cites this denarius from Oxford and Vienna and Harlan Berk had a specimen in stock a number of years ago, but there are no examples in BMC, the Paris catalogue, CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, or the Berk photofile.