Rare Domitius Domitianus
Ex Dattari Collection

CNG 109, Lot: 530. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Potin Octadrachm(?) (21.3mm, 12.03 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 297/298). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sarapis standing right, wearing kalathos, raising his right arm in salute, holding transverse scepter with his left hand and arm; palm frond to left, L B (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10842 (this coin); K&G 126.3; Emmett 4241.2. EF, brown patina with traces of green. Exceptional surfaces for the issue. Rare with bust draped and cuirassed.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 722955 (December 2000); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 10842.