Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.22g. (7h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: TR P - COS VII Tripod, with fillets streaming out left and right, on which are ravens standing left and right, and, in center, dolphin above wreath. RIC 5 (C ). BM 4. Paris 4. Cohen 552 (6 Fr.). Rare first issue of Domitian's reign not yet calling him P P or recording his designation to the consulship in 82; only three specimens of this coin in Reka Devnia hoard. Mint State.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E243, 27 October 2010, lot 323.