Asses / dupondii

Domitian · Observed / Range

Source location: Book V, Chapter 7, Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF p. 35

Certified / slabbed evidence

Certified Choice Fine through AU material can range from low hundreds to above $1,000 depending on surfaces and rarity.

Current fixed-price retail

Moderate but specimen-sensitive; patina and surface quality matter strongly.

Raw auction

~$100-$200 entry | ~$250-$500 collector | ~$700-$1,500+ choice

Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)

Entry: ~$100-$200; Typical: —; Choice: ~$700-$1,500+

Market / specialist note

Surface originality, patina, portrait quality, tooling, smoothing, and reverse rarity remain major controls. Unlabelled raw observations are displayed as published wording, not assigned to invented auction tiers.

What affects this price?

Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.