178, Lot: 118. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 13.17 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate and draped bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. Cf. RIC II 714 (Sestertius); cf. BMCRE 729 (same); BN -. VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing.

Apparently unpublished as a COS IIII Dupondius with Spes.