Watch List notes:

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.22g. (6h). Rome, 88 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 574 (R2, citing this coin from CNG 58). Very rare with aegis on portrait in 88 AD, an attribute that was normal on denarii only several years earlier, in 84-85 AD. Wonderful portrait. About EF.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from Freeman & Sear in 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection. Ex CNG 58, 18 September 2001, lot 1163.