Triton XVIII, Lot: 1057. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 79. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI •, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Salus, draped, standing right, left leg crossed over right, resting left arm on column, holding snake in right arm and feeding it out of patera in left. RIC II 1084 (Vespasian); RSC 384; BMCRE 266 (Vespasian); BN 237 (Vespasian). EF, traces of earthen deposits on obverse. Struck on a broad flan.
From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Pegasi.