Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1445. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (25.74 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 86. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CEN PER P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Domitian, togate, standing right, clasping hands over lighted altar with officer (Agricola?) standing left; behind, from left to right, soldier holding standard, another, wearing animal-skin headdress, holding aquila, and another, wearing crested helmet, holding spear and rectangular shield. RIC II 473 var. (CENS); Münzen und Medaillen AG 92, lot 62. VF, green patina, traces of roughness. Rare.

In AD 85 Moesia, a Roman province, was being invaded by the Daci. Seriously defeated by the Daci, the Roman army responded by bringing nine legions to Moesia to defend against them. This reverse type depicts the concordia between Domitian and his army. The oath of allegiance is recalled and reaffirmed by the handshake over the lighted altar.