ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE
REIGN OF THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN (81-96 AD)
FLAVIAN DYNASTY
SILVER DENARIUS CERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE EXTRA FINE *
OBV: LAUREATE BUST OF DOMITIAN.
REV: SEATED FIGURE OF THE ROMAN GODDESS SALUS (GODDESS OF SAFETY AND WELFARE).
TITUS FLAVIUS CAESAR DOMITIANUS AUGUSTUS (51-96 AD) WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN (17-79 AD) AND THE BROTHER OF THE EMPEROR TITUS (39-81 AD).
DOMITIAN LIVED IN THE SHADOW OF HIS MILITARY FATHER AND BROTHER AND HAD NOR REAL RESPOSIBILITITES UNTIL HIS BROTHER UNEXPECTEDLY DIED OF AN ILLNESS IN 81.
THE PRAETORIANS DECLARED DOMITIAN EMPEROR, AND WENT ON TO BECOME A TOTALITARIAN RULER HATED BY THE SENATE.
ALTHOUGH AUTOCRATIC, A MICROMANAGER AND A PERSECUTOR OF THE SENATROIAL CLASS, IT IS THOUGHT TODAY THAT HIS POLICIES SET ROME ON A COURSE OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
HE WAS WELL-LIKED BY THE PEOPLE AND THE ARMY, BUT FELL VICTIM TO A PALACE CONSPIRACY AND WAS STABBED REPEATEDLY UNTIL HE WAS DEAD.
CONTAINS 3.49 GRAMS OF SILVER
19 MM IN DIAMETER
