387, Lot: 346. Estimate $100. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Drachm (33mm, 17.60 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 95/6). Laureate head right / Domitian, holding scepter and raising hand, in biga drawn right by two centaurs; L IE (date) in exergue. Köln 412; Dattari (Savio) 454; K&G 24.237; RPC II 2724; Emmett 253.15 (R4). Near Fine, brown patina with patches of green. Very rare, as are all Alexandrian drachms of Domitian, with only six reverse types recorded by Emmett.