ROMAN EMPIRE, Domitian, Denarius

Silver denarius, Rome later part of 81 A.D., Carradice 81.3b var.
IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M, laureate head right
TR P COS VII DES VIII P P, Winged thunderbolt set on draped table.

Rare variant unlisted in the standard references. It appeared for the first time in the Reka Devnia hoard; another specimen belongs to Curtis Clay and RSC quotes another specimen in the Ashmolean Museum (RSC 575a). These coins inscribed DIVI VESP F seem to commemorate the deification of Vespasian two years before.