Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 591. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (3.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 95-96. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV, laureate head right / IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing right on prow, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding round shield in left; at feet to right, owl standing facing. RIC II 788; RSC 293; BMCRE 231-2; BN 207. EF, toned, a few shallow marks beneath tone. Well centered and boldly struck on both sides.

From a Gentleman’s Collection. Ex Eton College Collection (Sotheby’s, 1 December 1976), lot 510.