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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1023

Roman Empire, Domitian (AD 81-96), AR 'Minerva' Denarii (4): i) Rome, struck 85, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M [...], laureate head right, rev. IMP VIIII COS [...PO]T P , Minerva advancing right with spear and shield, 3.03g (cf. RIC 342), obverse fine, reverse worn; ii) another, struck 90, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIIII, rev. IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing left with thunderbolt and spear in one hand, shield in the other, 3.26g (RIC 691; BMC 167), nice portrait, some deposits but otherwise fine; iii) another, struck 92, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI, as before, rev. IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva standing right on rostral column with spear and shield, 3.16g (RIC 730; BMC 189), fine; iv) another, struck 93-94, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIII, as before, rev. IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva advancing right with spear and shield, 2.87g (RIC 761; BMC 214), good fine; (4).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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