Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 79, to 24 June. CΛESΛR ΛVG F DOMITIΛNVS COS VI, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped right hands, holding aquila set on prow. RIC II 1080 (Vespasian); Calicó 916; BMCRE 267-8 (Vespasian); BN 239 (Vespasian); Biaggi 429; Jameson –; Mazzini 392; Nudelman 10, lot 65 (same dies). Lightly toned. Near EF. Attractive portrait.
Price realized | 7'500 USD |
Starting price | 3'000 USD |
Estimate | 5'000 USD |