★ Rare ★

Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. Æ As (26mm, 9,48 g). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73-74. Laureate and draped bust right; CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS II / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 663 (Vespasian). VF, brown and green surfaces. Rare. RIC II page 106, note 122 says that “This coin...(is) attributed uncertainly as dupondi(us) because of Domitian’s draped bust, but the Spes reverse type was usually reserved for asses.”