Domitian, as Caesar, 69-81. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33.5 mm, 25.19 g, 7 h), uncertain mint in Thrace or Bithynia, circa 79. CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VI Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ROMA / S - C. Roma standing to left, draped with single breast exposed, wearing a crested helmet and being crowned by Victory who she holds in her extended right hand and holding a long spear with her left. Apparently unique and unpublished save for its previous auction appearance. With an excellent and well struck portrait. Attractive patina with natural earthen deposits. Struck during the famous year of the volcanic erruption of Mt Vesuvius. Uncleaned deposits on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Brett Telford Collection, USA, ex Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, 601 (realised €1000).

The style and the fabric of this otherwise unpublished sestertius has to be related to the imperial coinage minted in Thrace and Bithynia, rather than to that from Rome, which was where it was attributed in its original auction appearance .