Coin depicted roughly twice actual size*

Denarius of Domitian

Silver denarius, 18mm, 3.25gm, issued AD 80/81 Rome mint.

Obv: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII, Laureate head right.

Rev: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Goat standing left, within laurel wreath.

References: RIC 267, RSC 390.

The Amalthean goat raised Jupiter when he was an infant in Crete - the type alludes to Domitian's future as a successor to Vespasian and Titus.