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A copper coin of the Roman emperor Domitian with a reverse showing Minerva brandishing a javelin Coin Type: Copper as of Domitian, Caesar 69-79 CE, Augustus 81-96 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 82 CE.
Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 11.0g
Obverse: Laureate head right
IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M
Reverse: Minerva advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand at head height, shield held in left hand at body level, forearm through retaining loop.
TR P COS VIII DES VIIII P P S C
Provenance: rowfar (eBay), June 2007
Ref: RCV (2000) 2815; RIC II 242a, II (2007) 110.
BW Ref: 016 032 110
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