Ex Feirstein, Fox, and Hunt Collections

CNG 102, Lot: 907. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Domitilla Senior. Died before AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 82-83. DIVA DOMITILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in long plait at back / FORTVNA AVGVST, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on ground with right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 157 (Domitian); RSC 3; BMCRE 137 (Titus); BN 102 (Titus). Good VF, toned, a few cleaning scratches, minor scrape on the reverse.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 215 (14 October 2013), lot 129; Barry Feirstein Collection (Part IV, Numismatica Ars Classica 45, 2 April 2008), lot 104; James Fox Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1434; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby’s, 19 June 1991), lot 724; Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 337.