Watch List notes:

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.37g. (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P IIII Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI CENSORIA POTESTAT P P German woman, naked to waist, wearing breeches, seated right on oblong shield, supporting head with left hand, right hand on shield behind her; below her on the shield, a broken spear. RIC 326 (R2). Paris 85, pl. XCIII (same rev. die). Cohen 183 (Rollin, 10 Fr.). BMC 81 note (citing Cohen). With aegis on portrait, and from the rare CENSORIA POTESTAT issue; the final denarius in this sale to be struck on Domitian's raised standard. About EF.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2009. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

This Germania Capta reverse type, though normal on aurei and continuing to the end of the reign, is rare on denarii and confined to 85 AD, occurring only in the three variants RIC 326, 331, and 341, all rated R2. The broken spear below the captive here rests on the shield she sits on, rather than below it as usual.