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79 NGC VF Domitian Roman Empire Denarius Caesar Vesta Vesuvius Pompeii (23080801C)

79 NGC VF Domitian Roman Empire Denarius Caesar Vesta Vesuvius Pompeii (23080801C)

$325.00

  • Very Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
  • Struck 79 CE for Caesar Domitian (under his father, Emperor Vespasian) at the Rome Mint.
  • Bold realistic portrait of the future emperor. 
  • Dated COS VI = 79 CE.
  • 3.28g, approx 18mm, RIC V244.
  • NGC Certified  to VF.  
  • Obverse: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head of Domitian right.
    Reverse: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Vesta seated left holding palladium and scepter.
  • Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, the home, and domestic life in the Roman religion.
  • The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae.

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