Watch List notes:

Domitian, 81-96. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.56 g, 6 h), Rome, 84. IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC Laureate head of Domitian to right, wearing aegis on his left shoulder. Rev. P M TR POT III IMP V COS X P P Minerva advancing right, holding spear in her right hand and shield in her left. BMC -. Calicó 903b. Cohen -. RIC 177 and pl. 121 (this coin). Extremely rare. Traces of mounting, otherwise, very fine.


From the Birger Bentsen Collection of ancient gold coins (with collector's ticket) and from the Archer M. Huntington Collection, Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 67, 17 October 2012, 292, HSA 13123.