Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue. Rome mint. Struck 14 September-31 December AD 88. IMP CΛES DOMIT ΛVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head right / Cippus inscribed COS/ XIIII/ LVD/ SΛEC/ FEC in five lines; to right, herald, wearing long garment to ankles and short over-garment to waist, round cap with two feathers on head, standing left, holding vertical wand in right hand and round shield; candelabrum between. RIC II.1 601; RSC 73; BMCRE 135-6; BN 124-5. Toned, small metal flaw on reverse. Good VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory C35864.