Details
LOT 2921
Domitian AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Struck AD 81/3. IMP DOMITI[ANVS CAES AVG], laureate head to left / S C, dot below; all within wreath. RPC II 2023; cf. McAlee 409b. Very Fine.(13.14gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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