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Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ As (27mm, 10.10 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 86. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / FORTVNAE AVGVSTI, S C across field, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II.1 488; BMCRE 386-8; BN 416. Green patina, lightly smoothed obverse. EF.
From the PLZ Collection. Ex Roma II (2 October 2011), lot 632.
As noted elsewhere in this catalog, finding a Roman As in high grade is extremely unusual. Finding one so delicately engraved is even more rare. The present coin has a beautiful depiction of Domitian with a portrait that all would describe as “being of the finest style”. Equally so, the depiction of Fortuna on the reverse is also delicately engraved with fine details. By this point in his reign, Domitian had gotten his wish as he had celebrated a triumph in Rome for his “victory” over Germania. Even though this was a mostly defensive effort to protect the empire’s borders, Domitian took great advantage of the effort to publicly place himself on equal footing with his deceased father and brother.
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