Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 1811 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $350
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DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90-91, (3.554 grams), obv. laureate head of Domitian to right, around IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P X, rev. around IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear, (cf.S.2736 [Å“160 EF], BMC 182, RIC 155, RSC 263). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Antiquarius, New Zealand, August 18, 1990. 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 1809
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Lot 1810
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90-91, (3.588 grams), obv. laureate head ...
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DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 90-91, (3.554 grams), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $350
Lot 1812
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 95-96, (3.426 grams), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 1813
DOMITIAN, (A.D. 81-96), issued as Caesar under Vespasian, AE as, Rome mint, issued A.D. 77-8, ...
Estimate $130