Extremely Rare Domitian Denarius
Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 13 September-31 December AD 81. IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head right / COS VII DES VIII P P, filleted tripod surmounted by dolphin. RIC II.1 38 (R3); RSC –; BMCRE –; BN –. Peripheral iridescent toning, light scratches, slightly granular surfaces. Near EF. Extremely rare, when Ian Carradice and Ted Buttrey produced the second fully revised edition of RIC II.1 they knew of only one example, in the Walter Holt Collection in Australia.
