Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1391. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. Æ Dupondius (9.82 gm). Rome mint. Struck 88 AD. Radiate head right / COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitian standing left, holding patera over lighted and garlanded altar; Tiber reclining right before, holding cornucopiae; citharist and tibiae player advancing right behind altar; nonastyle double temple behind. RIC II 383; BMCRE 432; Cohen 91. VF, black-brown patina, rough. Rare. ($300)

From the Tony Hardy Collection

The event within the Ludi Saeculares celebrated on the reverse of this coin remains uncertain, but the appearance of the Tiber indicates that it probably was a night sacrifice, which during the games were held in a location near the Tiber.