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LOT 3333
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 82. Rome mint.
IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR P COS VIII DES VIIII P P, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with hand on hip; S C across fields. RIC II.1 105; Cohen 581; BN 285; BMCRE 274. Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.(24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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