Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.30g. (5h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT Head laureate right. Rx: COS VII - DES VIII P P Minerva standing left holding Victory and spear, behind her shield leaning against her legs. RIC 29 (R3). Very rare with just PONT in obverse legend; see comment to lot 706 above. Only the second recorded specimen of this particular denarius, and better preserved than the first, in the C. Clay collection from Wayne Phillips List 250 of 2000. About VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.