DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. AV Aureus (7.52 gm). Struck 88-89 AD. 

DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right
GERMANICVS COS XIIII, Germania seated right on shield, 
mourning; broken spear below. 

RIC II 560; BMCRE 143; Paris 133; Cohen 148. 

This coin, commemorating Rome's "victory" over the Germans, 
suggests more hopeful speculation than any concrete reality.

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, 2005.
Sold for 90,000 Swiss Francs.