CNG 84, Lot: 1003. Estimate $400. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.65 g, 7h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 88. Laureate head right / COS XIIII [L]VD SAEC FEC, Domitian standing right, extending hand in blessing, dictating prayer to three matrons kneeling left; tetrastyle temple in background. RIC II 610. Near VF, brown patina with traces of green encrustation, evenly porous surfaces. Very rare.

From the John Bitner Collection. Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 96; V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Glendining’s, 2 April 1952), lot 2396.