Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1563. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DOMITIA LONGINA, wife of Domitian. Augusta, 82-83 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.88 gm, 6h). Ephesus (or Rome) mint. Struck 82 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning on column, cradling long sceptre and holding helmet. RIC II 230 (Domitian); RPC I 870; BMCRE 256 (Domitian); RSC 19. VF, toned, small lamination below bust. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.