Domitian AE As

Domitian . 81-96 AD. Bronze As

Struck 86 AD. 

IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, laureate 
head right

MONETA AVGVSTI S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales and
 cornucopiae. 

RIC 493.

The reverse of this coin commemorated the establishment
of a new mint to replace the one that had been in the Temple 
of Juno Moneta (in A.D. 84).

Used with permission of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), January, 2010