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  66, Lot: 85. DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. Æ Sestertius 
  (36mm, 25.71 gm). Struck 85 AD. Estimate $200. 
  Sold For $880 

  DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 25.71 
  gm). Struck 85 AD. Laureate bust right, wearing 
  aegis / Domitian standing left, sacrificing out 
  of patera over altar; shrine behind, within is a 
  statue of Minerva. RIC II 256; Cohen 491. Good 
  VF, dark brown surfaces, obverse fields lightly 
  smoothed, reverse fields heavily smoothed and 
  details strengthened. Rare type. 
  From the Paul McIlroy Collection. Ex Cornelius 
  C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic 
  Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 90 

From CNG e-Auction #66, closed 11 June 2003, re-used By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.