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.