CNG 94, Lot: 1158. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Germania seated right on shield, hand to head, resting elbow on knee, in attitude of mourning; broken spear below. RIC II 331; RSC 181. Good VF, toned, scratch in field, tiny flan flaw, and a few minor contact marks on obverse. Struck on a broad flan. Rare.