Watch List notes:

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.32g. (6h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT Head laureate right. Rx: TR P COS VII - DES VIII P P Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 56 (R2). BMC p. 299. RSC 560a. Rare early obverse legend with PONT: see note to lot 706 above. Possibly just the fourth specimen recorded of this particular denarius, the others being in Rome, reported by F. Gnecchi in Riv. Ital. 1896, p. 164; Reka Devnia hoard, p. 17; and C. Clay Collection (same dies as ours). Fine style. EF.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Acquired from Barry Murphy in 2009; earlier in the Jyrki Muona Collection.