Domitius Domitianus, Usurper

CNG 88, Lot: 1412. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Æ Follis (25mm, 9.26 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 2nd officina. Laureate head right / Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right; -/B//ALE. RIC VI 20 var. (wreath in beak of eagle); cf. Lallemand pl. VI, 14-15 (for rev.). VF, dark gray-green patina. Rare.