| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Domitian, as Caesar (AD 81-96). AV aureus (21mm, 7.31 gm, 7h). Choice AU, tooling. Rome, AD 75. CAES AVG F-DOMIT COS III, laureate head of Domitian right / PRINCEPS-IVVENTVT, Spes advancing left, flower in outstretched right hand, raising hem of stola with left. Calicó 912 (same obverse die). RIC II.1 (Vespasian) 787. Fantastic example with superbly detailed portrait of Domitian and clear radiant fields embellished with amber toning. Evidence of tooling on laurel wreath, thus ineligible for encapsulation. As a young man, Domitian was largely overshadowed by his older brother Titus, a situation that probably shaped his dour, resentful character. In AD 79, Vespasian was succeeded by Titus as Augustus, with Domitian taking the junior position of Caesar. Unfortunately, Titus ruled only two years before he fell ill and died, in September of AD 81. Domitian wasted no time in seizing power as the third emperor of the Flavian dynasty. He soon proved a conscientious, detail-oriented administrator who kept a firm hand on all facets of government. Despite his uneven military record, the legions loved Domitian for raising their pay by nearly 50 percent. However, Domitian's suspicion of the aristocracy soon deepened into paranoia. Unsuccessful conspiracies against him, in AD 87 and 89, caused him to abandon all restraint, and by AD 93 Rome was in the grip of a new reign of terror. Even Domitian's wife came to fear for her life, and she encouraged the emperor's personal attendants to plot against him, leading to his murder, in AD 96. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-domitian-as-caesar-ad-81-96-av-aureus-21mm-731-gm-7h-choice-au-tooling/a/3115-32262.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
