Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.09g. (7h). Rome, 88 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VII Head laureate right. Rx: COS - XIIII across field, Minerva standing left holding spear, left hand on hip. RIC 555 (R2), pl. 127 (Jyrki Muona Coll., different dies). Paris 113, pl. XCIV (different dies). Cohen 66 (Paris, 10 Fr.). BMC p. 324 (citing Cohen). EF/VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired on eBay, 22 January 2011.
Notably different from the usual denarius of Domitian as Augustus with its much longer reverse legend written in a circle along the edge. Such denarii with only a single imperial title written across the field were issued only in 87 and 88 AD, and all varieties are very rare.