Nomos AG
Auction 21 21 Nov 2020
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Domitian, as Caesar, 69-81. 1/3 Assarion (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.98 g, 1 h), Blaundus in Lydia, struck under the magistrate Ti. Claudio Phoenix . ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ Draped and cuirassed bust of Domitian to right. Rev. ΒΛΑΟΥΝΔƐΩΝ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΦΟΙΝΙ Eagle with spread wings, standing to left, holding wreath in his beak; to left, palm branch. RPC II 1349 = RPC Online 1349.4 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 91. Rare and unusually well preserved with sharp types and an attractive dark brown patina. Extremely fine.
From the Brett Telford Collection, USA, ex Naumann 62, 4 February 2018, 490.