Gemini, LLC
Auction X 13 January 2013
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Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 2.96g. (6h). Rome, 88/9 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM P M TR P VIII (clockwise) Head laureate left. Rx: COS XIIII - LVD SAEC FEC Herald walking left, wearing feathered cap, holding wand and shield. Unlisted obv. legend var. of RIC 597 and 598, aparently unique. Corrosion on reverse. About VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A new obverse legend variant, apparently unique, of this rare Saecular Games denarius with portrait left: our coin has DOMITIAN in a clockwise legend, while the two previously known variants have DOMIT in a clockwise legend (see preceding lot) and DOMITIAN in a counterclockwise legend (BM 133). The obverse die of our coin was also used with the reverse Saecular Games cippus within wreath: RIC 605, pl. 129 (unique in ANS).
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
A new obverse legend variant, apparently unique, of this rare Saecular Games denarius with portrait left: our coin has DOMITIAN in a clockwise legend, while the two previously known variants have DOMIT in a clockwise legend (see preceding lot) and DOMITIAN in a counterclockwise legend (BM 133). The obverse die of our coin was also used with the reverse Saecular Games cippus within wreath: RIC 605, pl. 129 (unique in ANS).