Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3333 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $140
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SOLD $110
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.428 grams), obv. laureate head of Domitian to right, around IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, rev. around IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear, (cf.S.2731 [£160 EF], BMC 154, RIC 140, RSC 250). Full flan, good very fine and scarce.
The Reka Devnia hoard contained 81,044 silver denarii and 632 denarii of this ruler but only 7 examples of this variety.
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