Domitian; 81-96 AD, Sardes, Lydia, AE 29, 14.15g. 

Obv: [DOMITIANOC KAICAR] CEBACTOC GERMANIKOC, laureate head 
right, fold of aegis on front shoulder and behind neck. 

Rx: T FL MHTPODWROY CT TO [B CAR]DIANWN, Hephaestus standing 
right, naked but for cap, leaning on staff under left shoulder, 
right hand behind back, holding out cup with left hand; 
before him, Dionysus seated left, head on left hand, 
pouring wine from a kantharos inth the cup; above in 
background, upper end of thyrsus?. 
An interesting mythological type, and rare: RPC records 
only four specimens, with three reverse legend variations, 
two in BM and one specimen each in Paris and Munich.Fine / Good 

RPC 1321, SNG Munich-516 (same obv. die), cf. SNG Von Aulock. 3149. 
With permission of Harlan J Berk, 2013
Estimate: $250. Inv.# cc75386