v32_0193 - DOMITIANUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 85
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers de haut relief inhabituel. Patine vert olive foncé épaisse, granuleuse et légèrement grattée au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS PE[R P P].
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Domitien à droite avec l'égide (O*4).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul undecimum Censor Perpetuus Pater Patriæ" (L'empereur césar Domitien auguste germanique consul pour la onzième fois censeur perpétuel père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [SALVTI] - AVGVSTI// S|C.
Reverse description : Autel.
Reverse translation : “Saluti Augusti”, (à la Santé de l’auguste).
Commentary
Portrait de haut relief et d’un style extraordinaire. Autel très particulier au revers orné de deux têtes de taureau comme fermoir des caissons.
High relief portrait in an extraordinary style. Very unusual altar with the reverse decorated with two bull heads as clasps for the boxes.
High relief portrait in an extraordinary style. Very unusual altar with the reverse decorated with two bull heads as clasps for the boxes.
Historical background
DOMITIANUS
(12/69-18/09/96)
Augustus
Domitian, born in 51, became august in 81, succeeding his brother. In 86, the Capitoline games were organized for the first time. The Flavian Palace is erected on the Palatine. In 88, the secular games were celebrated with pomp. A first campaign is launched on Dacia which ends with a peace of compromise, leaving Decebalus master of the situation. Domitian has just won a brilliant campaign against the Sarmatians and the Suevi (IMP XXII). Agricola died in disgrace on August 23, 93. In 95, Domitian had Flavius Clemens, his cousin, executed. The following year, Domitian will be assassinated at the instigation of his wife and the prefect of the Praetorium.
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