Watch List notes:

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.02g. (7h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: COS VII - DES VIII P P Lighted and garlanded altar, with flame in center and horns left and right. RIC 20 (R2). Very rare without TR P in the reverse legend. RIC 20 cites just two specimens of this denarius, including ours from the Hauck & Aufhauser sale; not in BMC, Cohen, or the first edition of RIC. EF.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Freeman & Sear in 2009, from the A. Lynn Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhauser 17, 18 March 2003, lot 258. Ex G. Hirsch 3, April 1954, lot 323.