116, Lot: 148. Estimate $150. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAEA, Patras. Domitian. 81-96 AD. Æ 25mm (10.28 g). IMP CAES DOM AVG GE-RM P M TR P V C P, laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding spear and resting left elbow on shield, being cropwned by warrior (Mars), standing left and holding a spear. RPC II 247 var. (obverse legend); SNG Copenhagen 175 var. (same). Near VF, brown patina with nice surfaces. Rare.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

RPC records 12 different obverse legends for the issues of Domitian from Patras, none with this obverse legend break.