Details
LOT 2858
Domitian AR Denarius. AD 81-96.
Rome mint; struck AD 83. IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR POT II COS VIIII DES X P P, Minerva standing to right on rostral column, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; owl at feet to right. RIC II.1 164; BMCRE 41; RSC 606. Near Very Fine. Toned. Rare.(2.68gr, 20mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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