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Aureus 84, AV 7.69 g. IMP CAES DIVI – VESP F DOMITIAN AVG Laureate and draped bust l. Rev. GERMANICVS COS X Germania seated r. on shield, in attitude of mourning; below, broken spear. C –, cf. 139 (different obverse legend). BMC p. 307*. CBN 43. RIC 201. Calicó 828 (this obverse die). Exceedingly rare, only very few specimens known. A magnificent portrait in the finest style of the period struck on a full flan and an interesting reverse composition, extremely fine.
Provenance:
- Archer M. Huntington collection (HSA 22283).
Domitian harboured an inferiority complex toward his brother and father. In the matter of military glory, the jealousy was acute: his brother had led the siege of Jerusalem, and his father had led most of the war in Judaea, and had won much glory in his earlier years, including the ornamenta triumphalia for his command in Claudius’ invasion of Britain. Domitian had always been eager for a military command, and Suetonius (Domitian 1) tells us that when his father established his government in Rome, Domitian wanted glory so badly that he "planned a quite unnecessary expedition into Gaul and Germany, from which his fathers friends managed to dissuade him". In actuality, his skills in the art of war were enviable: he is said to have been able to shoot an arrow between the spread fingers of a hand without fail. His first campaign – which this well-composed issue celebrates – was against the Chatti in 83. Domitian led a perfectly successful campaign in which the Chatti were roundly defeated and the Roman border was extended beyond the Rhine. In honour of this victory Domitian was hailed Germanicus, won a triumph, and even had an arch erected. The series of coins he struck for several years are especially beautiful and imaginative compared with the rather pedestrian issues of his later years.
NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA NAC AG, Auction 67, lot 139.
Happy 200th everyone. :)))
I am not really liking this but this is what I have for now. :|
Today's not my day.
--July 20, 2011.
*I just realized that this is not supposed to be my 200th photo. #bummer
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