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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Domitian, Sestertius, Rome, 85, laureate bust right wearing ægis, imp caes domit avg germ cos xi cens pot p p, rev. Emperor on horseback right, holding shield and brandishing spear at German warrior being trampled below horse, s c in exergue, 36.50g (RIC 362; C 484; Sear 2771). On a large heavy flan, some smoothing in fields, otherwise very fine, dark patina, very rare £600-800
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Provenance: P. Vautier Collection, Naville Auction II (Lucerne), 12-14 June 1922, lot 558; Sir Arthur Evans Collection, Ars Classica Auction XVII (Lucerne), 3 October 1934, lot 1341; Baldwin FPL October 1938 (52); bt Baldwin June 1939.
Domitian carried out some military campaigns in Germania between 82 and 85. Despite the heroic image on this coin, his successes were limited; so much so that, in 85, he recalled General Agricola from Britain. Tacitus claims that this was done because Agricola's successes there far outshone the Emperor's more modest victories in Germany
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Domitian, Sestertius, Rome, 85, laureate bust right wearing ægis, imp caes domit avg germ cos xi cens pot p p, rev. Emperor on horseback right, holding shield and brandishing spear at German warrior being trampled below horse, s c in exergue, 36.50g (RIC 362; C 484; Sear 2771). On a large heavy flan, some smoothing in fields, otherwise very fine, dark patina, very rare £600-800
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Provenance: P. Vautier Collection, Naville Auction II (Lucerne), 12-14 June 1922, lot 558; Sir Arthur Evans Collection, Ars Classica Auction XVII (Lucerne), 3 October 1934, lot 1341; Baldwin FPL October 1938 (52); bt Baldwin June 1939.
Domitian carried out some military campaigns in Germania between 82 and 85. Despite the heroic image on this coin, his successes were limited; so much so that, in 85, he recalled General Agricola from Britain. Tacitus claims that this was done because Agricola's successes there far outshone the Emperor's more modest victories in Germany