Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1395. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. Æ Sestertius (30.02 gm, 7h). Struck 85 AD. Laureate head right, wearing aegis / Domitian riding right, holding shield, trampling and striking with spear a fallen German. RIC II 284; BMCRE 339; Cohen 484. VF, brown patina, struck on a broad medallic flan. ($750)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 593. Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (16 August 1991), lot 449. Numismatic Fine Arts XIV (29 November 1984), lot 368.This type is one of a series struck to celebrate the extension of the Roman frontier on the Upper Rhine and Main.