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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Domitian| > RB72831
Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D.
|Domitian|, |Domitian,| |13| |September| |81| |-| |18| |September| |96| |A.D.|, Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, is the god of the sky and thunder and king of the gods. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. In myth, he negotiated with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion including sacrifices. As the patron deity of Rome, he was remained the most important Roman god until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire.
RB72831. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC II-1 702; BMCRE II 439, BnF III 476; Hunter I 176; Cohen I 314; cf. SRCV I 2766 (COS XIIII), attractive F, excellent portrait, nice chocolate tone, uneven strike with some legend unstruck and top of reverse weak, light corrosion, Rome mint, weight 25.472g, maximum diameter 34.7mm, die axis 180o, 90 - 91 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, laureate head right; reverse IOVI VICTORI (Jove the victorious), Jupiter seated left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, feet on footstool, Victory standing left raising wreath in his extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in his left hand, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; SOLD











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