CNG 84, Lot: 1009. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ As (28mm, 11.24 g, 7h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 88. Laureate head right / COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitian standing left, sacrificing over altar; to left, victimarius slaying bull, whose head is held by kneeling figure, flute and lyre players standing right; hexastyle temple in background. RIC II 625. Good VF, copper-brown patina, minor roughness.

From the John Bitner Collection.