Domitian, Rome, AE Sestertius

CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS II, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
S C, Spes advancing left, holding out a flower and 
lifting the hem of her skirt.  

Ref: RIC II (2007) 656

Notes: Not a brilliant example, but rare. 
RIC says R2, "very few examples known or only 
1-3 die-combinations known". It was identified 
by Curtis Clay, who said "same obv. die as Paris 
692 pl. LIX"

Contributed by Bill Welch, July 2009