Domitian, (A.D. 85) Aureus. 7.56 gm., Rome mint, A.D. 85, 

obv. laureate head of Domitian to right, around IMP CAES 
DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC, rev. around P M TR POT IIII IMP 
VIII COS XI P P, Minerva standing right on capital of 
rostral column, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; owl at 
her feet.

(cf.S.896, cf.RIC 53, cf.C.365). 

Before 1998 The only known other specimen was sold 
by Otto Helbing Nachfolger 12 October 1926, lot 1447 and 
offered again 20 June 1929 as lot 4169. That specimen 
must be in a private collection as it has not been 
reported since the 1929 sale. Another specimen with large 
rim ding was sold by Finn Rasmussen of Denmark. c.1998. 
This coin, for sale now, is possibly the best of two known. 
All three of the known specimens are of the same dies. 

Price
euro 21,500.00; US$ 29,721.08; £ 14,409.71
Rates for 7/24/2007
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