Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 742

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Lot description:


Domitian. AD 81-96. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 13 September-31 December AD 81. IMP CΛES DOMITIΛNVS ΛVG P M, laureate head right / TR P COS VII DES VIII P P, lighted and garlanded altar with flame in the center and horns right and left. RIC II.1 42; Calicó 929a; BMCRE p. 302, note 23; Adda 77 (this coin); Biaggi 435. A few faint hairlines. Good VF. Pretty color.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (6 May 2019), lot 1491; George C. Hopkins Collection (Empire Coins 10, 6 May 1989), lot 220; Property of a Lady Collection (Christie's, 8 October 1985), lot 103; Victor A. Adda (†1965) Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 26 May 1909), lot 81.


Estimate: 5000 USD