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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.40g. (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P IIII Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI CENSO - RIA POTESTAT P P Minerva standing left holding thunderbolt and spear, with shield behind her leaning against her legs. RIC 321 (R2; BM 1982 acquisition and eBay, 2003) Cf. BM 79, Paris 81, and Cohen 178, with just CENS POT in reverse legend. On heavy standard and with aegis on portrait: see notes to preceding lots. Good VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection; Lynn acquired it from a hoard of denarii bought by CNG in 2002.
Very rare, possibly only third known, with CENSORIA POTESTAT written out in the reverse legend, doubtless immediately after Domitian's assumption of that censorial power.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection; Lynn acquired it from a hoard of denarii bought by CNG in 2002.
Very rare, possibly only third known, with CENSORIA POTESTAT written out in the reverse legend, doubtless immediately after Domitian's assumption of that censorial power.