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Lot 98. Domitianus AE Diassarion, Philippopolis

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Domitianus AE Diassarion, Philippopolis

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eAuction #54, Lot 98. Estimate: CHF 75.00

Domitianus (81-96 AD). AE Diassarion (22 mm, 6.94 g), Philippopolis, Thrace, 88-89.
Obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, radiate head to right.
Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Mars, hel­meted and wearing armor, standing left, resting his right hand on his shield and holding long spear with his left.
RPC 353. Varbanov 618.

Thick, compact flan. Good very fine.

From the D.A.K. Collection.

Under Domitian, Philippopolis issued a series of bilingual bronzes, an unusual and interesting phenomenon likely connected to Domitian’s Dacian wars in 85-89 AD.



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