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Electronic Auction 515  4 May 2022
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Lot 537

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 375 USD
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Domitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 13 September-31 December AD 81. IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT, laureate head right / COS VII DES VIII P P, Pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped, with tassels, surmounted by a winged thunderbolt. RIC II.1 34 (R3; same dies as illustration); RSC –. Toned, some green deposits. Near VF. Carradice and Buttrey knew of only one specimen at the time they revised the second edition of RIC II.1 in 2007. Very rare.

From the A. Short Collection. Purportedly ex Harry N. Sneh Collection and David Atherton Collection.

Every Domitian denarius that includes PONT in the obverse legend is very rare or extremely rare.
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