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Auction: 18006 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1115

Domitian (81-96), AR Denarius, 3.53g, Rome, 88, imp caes domit avg germ pm tr p viii, laureate head right, rev., cos xiiii lud saec fec, herald Salin with feathered helmet, shield and sceptre advancing left (RIC II, part I, no. 117), somewhat rubbed, otherwise fine

provenance
Professor John Griffith collection


This coin and that of the next lot commemorate the Ludi Saeculares of AD 88, a religious festival timed to occur at the same intervals as the perceived limitation of human life in the Roman world, i.e. between 100 and 110 years. The last festival before this occurred in 17 BC and the next in the reign of Septimius Severus in AD 204.

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