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An exceptional sestertius of Domitian
Lot 253
Domitian, as Caesar, 69-81.
Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 26.58 g, 7 h), uncertain mint in the East (in Thrace or Bithynia?), 80-81. CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII Laureate head of Domitian to right.
Rev.
PAX AVGVSTI / S - C Pax standing front, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. BMC pl. 58, 5. Cohen -. RIC 507. RPC II 504. An exceptional, very sharply struck piece with an absolutely wonderful portrait. Minor smoothing
, otherwise,
good extremely fine.
Ex Leu 7, 24-25 October 2020, 1573 and previously from a Bavarian collection of Roman Imperial bronze coins, formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The mysterious Flavian mint in the East, producing Latin bronze coinage for Titus Augustus and Domitian Caesar, can be differentiated from the output of Rome by its flatter fabric, large and heavily serifed lettering, and monumental, muscular portraits. Exactly where this unusual coinage was produced is still unclear, but find evidence points towards a mint somewhere in Thrace or Bithynia. The present sestertius is a particularly impressive example from this series, bearing an exceptionally sharp and lifelike portrait of Domitian on the obverse and a beautifully detailed figure of Pax on the reverse.
Estimate:
5000 CHF
Starting price:
4000 CHF
Hammer price:
9500 CHF
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4 Bids
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Closing time:
14-May-22, 06:00:00
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Web Auction 18 Part I, lots 249-1704, will be postponed to Sunday, 19 December 2021, 12:04 pm CET due to overloading of the website. Parts II (lots 1705-3322) and III (lots 3323-5000) will take place on Monday, 20 December, and Tuesday, 21 December 2021, starting at 10 am CET. We apologize for the problems.
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