Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 849. Closing Date: Monday, 
  13 January 2003. DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. AV Aureus 
  (7.69 gm). Struck 92-94 AD. Estimate $5000 Sold 
  For $4250 

DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. AV Aureus (7.69 gm). Struck 
92-94 AD. DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right 
/ GERMANICVS COS XVI, Germania seated right on 
shield, mourning; broken spear below. RIC II 184; 
BMCRE 211; BN 187; Cohen 163. Good VF. (See color 
enlargement on plate 12.) ($5000) 
From the William H. Williams Collection. 

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

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