Watch List notes:

House of Saxony or Ottonian dynasty (919-1024)
Otto II (973-983)

Denar. Regensburg, Mint of the Dukes of Bavaria (Duke Otto, 976-982; mintmaster WO), AR 1.34 g. OT TO X X V CI Cross with pellet in each quarter. Rev. RE O IA CIVITAC Temple surmounted by cross; letters VV across (mintmaster’s sign); below, two steps. Hahn VI, 17.Rare. Toned and about extremely fine

Deniers of Bavaria like this are the only ones in Germany to bear a shortened version of a moneyer’s name: the idea of replacing by letters the columns of the Carolingian temple might have come from Italian coins of Milan and Pavia of King Arnulf.