AR Denarius (18mm, 3.18g, 6h). Rome mint, struck noon, Sept 18, 95 - noon, Sept 18, 96, yhhog.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV, head laureate right; IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, ancient Sabine cult statue of Minerva, the so-called "Minerva Victrix," displayed at Domitian’s Villa on Lake Alba (the present-day Castel Gandolfo) before being moved by the year 96 to his new palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome, flying left with spear and shield.
RIC 791 (C), BMC 237, RSC 294.
Ex Charles Coyle.
