Ancient Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3538 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $150
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.55 gm), 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, BMC 154, RIC 140, RSC 250). Full flan, nearly extremely 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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Lot 3536
DOMITIAN, issued as Caesar under Titus, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 80, ...
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Lot 3537
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.65 g), obv. laureate head ...
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DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.55 gm), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $250
Lot 3539
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90-91, (3.59 g), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $140
Lot 3540
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 95-96, (3.42 g), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $1,500