438, Lot: 498. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 85. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Domitian standing left, sacrificing with patera over altar in front of shrine containing cult statue of Minerva. RIC II 277. Near VF, brown patina, some flan flaws on obverse.
Reportedly ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts, with museum ticket, inventory # 32.603, indicating 1932 as acquisition year.