Lot 3261
Domitian, AD 81-96. AE As minted at Rome, AD 88. Issued on the occasion of the Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares). Laureate head right of Domitian. Reverse: Emperor standing left, sacrificing over garlanded altar; behind altar, harpist and flute player walking right; to left, river god Tiber reclining right, holding cornucopiae; in background, double temple with arch connecting the two pediments. RIC 387; Cohen 92. A very rare variety of this elaborate pictorial type. Brown patina. Obverse a little weakly struck. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
Ex Sternberg 28 (with Freeman & Sear), 30 October 1995, lot 70.; The Joseph Melchione Collection.
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