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282, Lot: 255. Estimate $200.
Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.79 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 88. Laureate head right / Domitian seated left on platform inscribed SVF P D, extending hand to citizen standing right, who in turn extends hand to Domitian; between them, child standing right, raising hands; temple in background. RIC II 609. Fine, dark brown and red surfaces, smoothed and tooled.


From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

The function performed by the emperor as the quindecemvir sacris faciundis is displayed on this type, as Domitian is distributing perfumes to the public (SVFfimenta Populo Data) for the purpose of lustration---an event leading up to the celebration of the Secular Games.