- 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.