Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 1808 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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SOLD $90
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.424 grams), obv. laureate head of Domitian to right, around IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, rev. around IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear, (cf.S.2731 [Å“160 EF], BMC 154, RIC 140, RSC 250). Full flan, stain spot, nearly extremely fine/good very fine and scarce.
The Reka Devnia hoard contained 81,044 silver denarii and 632 denarii of this ruler but only 7 examples of this variety.
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Lot 1806
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Lot 1807
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Lot 1808 This lot
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 89, (3.424 grams), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $150
Lot 1809
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90, (3.548 grams), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $200
Lot 1810
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90-91, (3.588 grams), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $180