Details
LOT 3610
Domitian AR Denarius. Struck AD September 95-September 96. Rome mint.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV, laureate head to right / IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in her right hand and spear in her left; behind her, shield. RIC II 789; Cohen 291; RSC 291; BMCRE 234. Near Extremely Fine. A beautiful example with nice iridescent patina with golden tones.(3.29gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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