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Auction 11  12 January 2014
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Lot 420

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Domitian. 81-96 AD. Sestertius, 24.09g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS PER P P Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on shoulders. Rx: ANNONA - AVGVSTI around, S C in exergue, Ceres seated left holding wheat ears and torch, Annona standing right holding cornucopia, modius on altar at her feet, stern of ship in background. RIC 396 (R2). BM 360, pl. 74.1 (same obv. die). Cohen 18 (Bordeaux Museum, 6 Fr.). A scarce sestertius reverse type, struck only in 85-86 AD, particularly rare in this issue with titles COS XI CENS PER on obverse. A well-known sestertius reverse type of Nero, revived for Domitian. Excellent surfaces, brown patination. About EF

Ex Collection Richard P. Miller, acquired from Baldwin's, London, May 2007
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