Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II, laureate head right / Domitian, togate, cloak flying out behind him, on horse prancing left, extending right hand and holding vertical scepter with human head at end in left. RIC II.1 538 (Vespasian); Calicó 812; BMCRE 125 (Vespasian); BN 100; Biaggi 439-40; Jameson –; Mazzini 663. Lustrous, edge marks, slight wave in flan, ex jewelry. Near EF.
From the Provence Collection.