CNG 84, Lot: 998. Estimate $300. Sold for $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 88. Laureate head right / COS/XIIII/LVD/SAEC/FEC in five lines on cippus at left; at right, herald standing left, holding wand and shield; candelabrum between. RIC II 601; RSC 73. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, tiny flan flaw on reverse.

From the John Bitner Collection.