CNG 84, Lot: 999. Estimate $150. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.97 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. VF, shallow cleaning scratches, traces of deposits, minor flan flaw on neck.

From the John Bitner Collection. Ex Kirk Davis FPL 28 (Fall 1999), no. 119.