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Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75. CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III, laureate head right / PRINCIPS (sic) IVVENTVT, Spes, draped, advancing left, holding up flower in right hand and with left raising hem of skirt. RIC II 787 (Vespasian), note 151; Calicó 913; BMCRE 154 (Vespasian); BN 131-4 (Vespasian) var. (reverse legend); Adda 74 var. (same); Biaggi 426 var. (same); Jameson 78 var. (same); Mazzini 374 var. (same). Attractively toned, underlying luster. Choice EF.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII (24 November 2014), lot 92
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Coins struck of Domitian as Caesar follow the Flavian convention of highly realistic portraiture. He is depicted with a thick neck and a compact, fleshy face similar to those of his father, Vespasian, and brother, Titus. Here, he also sports a scruffy "chin beard," a fashion popularized by Nero. Soon after he was acclaimed as Augustus in AD 81, his image underwent a complete makeover to a slimmed-down and idealized effigy.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII (24 November 2014), lot 92
.
Coins struck of Domitian as Caesar follow the Flavian convention of highly realistic portraiture. He is depicted with a thick neck and a compact, fleshy face similar to those of his father, Vespasian, and brother, Titus. Here, he also sports a scruffy "chin beard," a fashion popularized by Nero. Soon after he was acclaimed as Augustus in AD 81, his image underwent a complete makeover to a slimmed-down and idealized effigy.