Exceptional Ludi Saeculares Denarius

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1027. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 88. Laureate head right / Column inscribed COS/XIIII/LVD/SAEC/FEC in five lines; to right, candelabrum and herald standing left, holding wand and round shield. RIC II 116; RSC 73. EF, light toning, lustrous. Well centered on both sides. Bold portrait.

Struck to commemorate the Ludi Saeculares of 88 AD.