Domitius Domitianus, Usurper

CNG 94, Lot: 1089. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Æ Nummus (26mm, 9.65 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission, struck AD 298. 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, brown patina, areas of weak strike in legends.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 2134.