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A holed silver denarius of the Roman emperor Domitian with a reverse showing the goat Amalthea within a wreath Coin Type: Holed silver denarius of Domitian, Caesar 69-79 CE, Augustus 81-96 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 80-81 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 2.82g
Obverse: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII
Laureate head right.
Reverse: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS
The goat Amalthea standing left within a laurel wreath.
Provenance: bonnie0312 (eBay), July 2009
Ref: RCV (2000) 2675; RIC II 49, II (2007) Titus 267.
BW Ref: 018 041 142
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