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Offline David Atherton

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A Domitian PONT Denarius
« on: September 14, 2017, 05:21:25 am »
Personally, It's been a good week for Flavian rarities. This one arrived yesterday. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-139805

It's not often one comes across a PONT denarius!
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Re: A Domitian PONT Denarius
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2017, 03:07:01 pm »
Great piece  +++

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Re: A Domitian PONT Denarius
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2017, 10:30:04 am »
My comment in David's gallery:

A very nice specimen from this rare issue!

As to interpretation, I don't doubt that PONT on the denarii means that Domitian had not yet been elected Pontifex Maximus. Carradice was in error to think that Nero's bronzes sometimes have just PONT at a time when the emperor was certainly already Pontifex Maximus: those obv. dies with PONT were meant to go with reverses continuing MAX etc., and it was just sloppy work by the mint when a PONT obv. was coupled with a rev. not beginning MAX.
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