ANCIENT THEMES. Domitian. AD 81-96. Cast Æ "Sestertius" (35mm, 18.01 g, 6h). Paduan type. Mid quality cast after Giovanni da Cavino, 1500-1570. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, laureate bust right; aegis at point of bust / PONT MAX TR P VIII LVD SAEC, Domitian seated left on daïs inscribed S P Q Q O S V F P D, distributing fumigants to male citizen standing right; to right of citizen, child standing right with hands upraised; tetrastyle temple in background. Johnson & Martini 1618-25. Brown surfaces, holed for suspension. VF.
From the Cabinet of Dr. Arnold R. Saslow.