brm_170495 - DOMITIANUS As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : As
Date: 76
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait massif. Frappe molle. Patine noire, légèrement brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS IIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Domitien à droite (O*1).
Obverse translation : "Cæsar Augusti Filius Domitianus Consul quartum", (César fils d'auguste (Vespasien) Domitien consul pour la quatrième fois".
Reverse
Reverse legend : AE-QVITAS - AVGVST/ S|C.
Reverse description : Aequitas (l’Équité) srapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æquitas Augusti”, (L’Équité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Portrait inhabituel.
Unusual portrait
Unusual portrait
Historical background
DOMITIANUS
(12/69-18/09/96)
Caesar under Vespasianus
In December 69, Domitian received the title of Caesar - therefore heir to the Empire - at the same time as his brother Titus. He is however the only one present in Rome with his uncle Flavius Sabinus, who perishes in the fire of the Capitol. Proclaimed "Princeps Iuventutis" (Prince of Youth), he kept his title even after the death of his father in 79. After the death of his brother Titus on September 13, 81, which some describe as an assassination at the instigation of Domitian himself, he becomes emperor and opens a lamentable reign which will end with his assassination.
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