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RIC 1288 Domitian as Caesar [Vespasian]
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Æ As, 8.03g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: S C in field; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.
RIC 1288 (C). BMC 875. BNC 886.
Acquired from Incitatus Coins, November 2020.
This Lugdunese As struck for Domitian Caesar in 77-78 copies a common type originally struck on the precious metals for the young prince at Rome in 73. It commemorates Domitian's appearance at Vespasian and Titus' joint Jewish War Triumph - 'while taking part in the Judaean triumph, he rode on a white horse' (Suetonius, Domitian, ii). Curiously, Mattingly in BMCRE describes the reverse as Domitian 'holding vertical sceptre with human head'! It's a mystery why a type struck at Rome several years previously was resurrected by the Lugdunum mint for this issue of Domitian asses.
Good Lugdunese style struck on a large flan.
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![RIC 1288 Domitian as Caesar [Vespasian]
Æ As, 8.03g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: S C in field; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.
RIC 1288 (C). BMC 875. BNC 886.
Acquired from Incitatus Coins, November 2020.
This Lugdunese As struck for Domitian Caesar in 77-78 copies a common type originally struck on the precious metals for the young prince at Rome in 73. It commemorates Domitian's appearance at Vespasian and Titus' joint Jewish War Triumph - 'while taking part in the Judaean triumph, he rode on a white horse' (Suetonius, Domitian, ii). Curiously, Mattingly in BMCRE describes the reverse as Domitian 'holding vertical sceptre with human head'! It's a mystery why a type struck at Rome several years previously was resurrected by the Lugdunum mint for this issue of Domitian asses.
Good Lugdunese style struck on a large flan.](albums/userpics/11162/V1288-.jpg "RIC 1288 Domitian as Caesar [Vespasian]
Æ As, 8.03g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: S C in field; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.
RIC 1288 (C). BMC 875. BNC 886.
Acquired from Incitatus Coins, November 2020.
This Lugdunese As struck for Domitian Caesar in 77-78 copies a common type originally struck on the precious metals for the young prince at Rome in 73. It commemorates Domitian's appearance at Vespasian and Titus' joint Jewish War Triumph - 'while taking part in the Judaean triumph, he rode on a white horse' (Suetonius, Domitian, ii). Curiously, Mattingly in BMCRE describes the reverse as Domitian 'holding vertical sceptre with human head'! It's a mystery why a type struck at Rome several years previously was resurrected by the Lugdunum mint for this issue of Domitian asses.
Good Lugdunese style struck on a large flan.")
