Römisches Kaiserreich Sesterz 85 Domitian, 81-96. GERMANIA CAPTA - VF

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Sestertius of Domitian on the conquests in Germania

IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate bust right, Aegis on far shoulder
GERMANIA CAPTA Mourning German woman sitting to the left beneath a trophy, right standing German captive man with bound hands, helmet and shield at his feet

Domitian "marketed" his successes in Germania (his main opponents were the Chatti) in typological approximation to his father's IVDAEA-CAPTA-ctrikings. Contemporary (senatorial) historiography plays down Domitian's successes. However, they must have been successful, because almost a century after the reign of the last Flavian, there were hardly any Germanic invasions on the Upper Rhine and the agri decumates

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