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Offline FlaviusDomitianus

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Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« on: November 22, 2012, 07:56:51 am »
Hello everyone.

Domitian's sestertii struck during the short reign of his brother Titus are in general less scarce than those struck under the long reign of his father Vespasian.

Yet left portraits are always rare: actually this Minerva fighting reverse - RIC 297 - is rated R2 and is missing in all major museum collections, while the right portrait - RIC 295 - is rated C and I have two specs in my own collection.

I love the portrait and Minerva either.

Kind regards.

Alberto

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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2012, 08:33:57 am »
A terrific and rare coin Alberto!

Congrats.
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2012, 08:49:22 am »
FD,

That is really a beauty. The reverse in particular is fantastic :)

Excellent find and you know who to call when you decide to part with it, right? ;)

Regards,
mz
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2012, 02:59:59 pm »
That really is a very nice Sestertius, a fine addition!
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2012, 03:16:44 pm »
I especially like the rev.! Nice addition!

~Steve
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2012, 03:25:50 pm »
 i am putting up RIC 157d  to see what the difference is



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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2012, 04:27:01 pm »
157d is the old number, in the new edition is 296 (rated C).

The difference is in obverse legend: this coin has DOMITIANVS, while mine has DOMITIAN.

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Alberto
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2012, 04:59:08 pm »
  thanks for that information didnt see the missing VS thanks for pointing it out yours is a beautiful coin you must be proud to have it in your collection     +++ +++
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Re: Domitian as Caesar under Titus - Left portrait sestertius
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2012, 06:00:13 pm »
Quote from: FlaviusDomitianus on November 23, 2012, 04:27:01 pm
157d is the old number, in the new edition is 296 (rated C).

The difference is in obverse legend: this coin has DOMITIANVS, while mine has DOMITIAN.

So it's actually that legend variant that makes your coin a rarity.

RIC 296, head left with DOMITIANVS, rated C, BM 233, Paris 241.

RIC 297, head left with DOMITIAN, rated R2, quoting specimens in Munich, Oxford, and Vienna, not illustrated in RIC. This is the only COS VII sestertius type RIC lists with that obv. variety, head left with DOMITIAN.

Nice to see what that variant looks like: I've printed out your image for my files!
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