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Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.06 (6h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P XV Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P Maia (mother of Mercury) advancing left., holding bird with raised wings in extended right hand and winged caduceus by shoulder in lowered left hand. RIC 786 (R2), pl. 134 (Oxford, same rev. die). BM 237A (Tinchant Gift, 1937). Cohen 295 (Rollin, 20 Fr.). VF/Fine
Ex Voirol Collection, M&M 38, 6-7 December 1968, lot 403. Ex M&M VI, 6-7 December 1946, lot 804. This specimen published by H.A. Cahn, Flaviana Inedita, Num. Chronicle 1946, p. 22, 50
An extraordinary reverse type, known only from rare denarii struck at the very end of Domitian's reign; this deity with bird and caduceus interpreted as Maia, the mother of Mercury, by T.V. Buttrey in Journal of Roman Archaeology 15, 2002. The type may come from only two reverse dies, (1) that of our coin, also shown by the Oxford specimen illustrated in RIC; by a specimen in CoinArchives Pro (G. Hirsch 266, 2010, lot 1978); and by Mazzini d.297, with obverse TR P XVI; (2) a second reverse die with obverse TR P XV, Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, lot 594
Ex Voirol Collection, M&M 38, 6-7 December 1968, lot 403. Ex M&M VI, 6-7 December 1946, lot 804. This specimen published by H.A. Cahn, Flaviana Inedita, Num. Chronicle 1946, p. 22, 50
An extraordinary reverse type, known only from rare denarii struck at the very end of Domitian's reign; this deity with bird and caduceus interpreted as Maia, the mother of Mercury, by T.V. Buttrey in Journal of Roman Archaeology 15, 2002. The type may come from only two reverse dies, (1) that of our coin, also shown by the Oxford specimen illustrated in RIC; by a specimen in CoinArchives Pro (G. Hirsch 266, 2010, lot 1978); and by Mazzini d.297, with obverse TR P XVI; (2) a second reverse die with obverse TR P XV, Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, lot 594