Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3443 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $160
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SOLD $110
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 88-89, (3.442 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 javelin and thunderbolt, (S.2732 [£160 EF], RIC 139, RSC 251). Nearly extremely fine/good very fine and very scarce in this condition.
The Reka Devnia hoard of 81,044 silver coins contained 632 coins of Domitian, but only 4 coins of this variety.
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Estimate $160
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