Auction Catalogue

15 February 2017

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A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 55

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15 February 2017

Hammer Price:
£440

Roman Imperial Coinage, Domitian, As, Rome, 85, laureate bust right, imp caes domit avg germ cos xi cens pot p p, rev. vexillum, crossed shields, spears and trumpets, s c in field, 11.52g (RIC 372; C 536). Good very fine, dark green patina £300-400

Provenance: Adolph Hess Auction 230 (Lucerne), 28-30 April 1936, lot 1197.

A stylistically unusual reverse type, celebrating Roman military victories in Germania