Lot 101
Rome. Domitian, 81-96 AD. Gold Aureus (7.59 g), Rome mint, struck 86 AD. Laureate head of Domitian right. Reverse: Germania, as a mourning captive with head resting on hand, naked to the waist, sits on oblong shield with thunderbolt decoration, a broken spear below; IMP XII COS XII CENS PPP. RIC 83; BMCRE 94; C. 206; Fr-148 var. Finely centered on almost round flan. Clean, sharp strike, with both the portrait and reverse figural art being choice for this type. Very lustrous. Virtually as struck. NGC graded Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 18,000.
Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 42.
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| Realized $52,900 |
