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161, Lot: 230. Estimate $300.
Sold for $585. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian, with Domitia. AD 81-96. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.55 g). Uncertain mint (Ephesus or, more probably, Rome). Struck circa AD 82. Laureate head of Domitian right / Draped bust of Domitia right. RIC II 228 (Domitian); RPC II 866; RSC 2. Good Fine, a few scratches.



While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.