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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3497321, member: 86498"]I won this coin which was in Kuenker Auction 318 and it finally arrived on Thursday[ATTACH=full]926575[/ATTACH] So I look up the coin in the new RIC and find it referenced as No. 552 and is listed as an R2. In the first edition of RIC it is listed as No. 99 and "scarce". The R2 reference suggests that the coin is rare and is known by only a few specimens and a few dies.I then checked the various internet search engines and found two examples listed mine which was in Kuenker and previously in a Baldwins auction and a second specimen sold in a Gemini auction previously in a Freeman & Sear auction. Both coins share the same dies as the RIC specimen pictured in the book. So far so good. Okay Looks like I got something rare.   Well maybe maybe not. I got one reference, and search engines that start at best in the late 1990's. Furthermore these search engines are rather limited and while they do cover a large number of auctions do rather more poorly with FPLs and on line operations like Ebay and V Coins. Another factor might be that this is a variation on a fairly common theme within the coinage of Domitian, an reverse featuring Minerva. Because of this, the coin may not have been thought suitable for  presentation in an important auction. So when dealing with such a coin I would advise caution. This coin may be rare but there is the possibility that it is not. PS I bought the coin because I liked it.[/QUOTE]