Domitian Plated Denarius (GERMANICVS COS XIIII, RIC - )

DOMITIAN, AD 81-96
Plated "Fourrée" Denarius (18.20mm, 2.77g, 6h)
Struck circa AD 88/9. Copy of Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head of Domitian right
Reverse: GERMANICVS COS XIIII, Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical spear in left
References: Obverse copies denarius types from RIC II 596 to 677; reverse copies an aureus type (558). See Jesús Vico 18, lot 272 (same rev. die)

A rare and interesting ancient "hybrid" counterfeit, combining an aureus reverse type with a denarius obverse.

Collection : Roman Imperial - the Flavians