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LOT 3151
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Rome mint; struck AD 85. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / Mars advancing to left, holding Victory and trophy; S C across fields. RIC II 301B var. (CENS PER); Cohen 429. Good Very Fine. Tooled.(11.90gr, 27mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex The Coin Cabinet Ltd, The Euclidean Collection, 28 March 2024, lot 98.
Acquired from David Miller, August 2017.
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