445, Lot: 430. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Domitian. AD 81-96. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75. CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVT, Spes walking left, holding flower in her right hand and holding the hem of her chiton with her left hand. RIC II 787 (Vespasian); Calicó 912; BMCRE 154; Biaggi 426. Good Fine, toned.

From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.