aureus
Keep exceptional triumphal and trophy pieces outside the ordinary gold progression.
Domitian · Observed / Range
Source location: Book V, Chapter 7, Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF p. 35
Certified / slabbed evidence
Certified AU material can reach roughly the low-$30,000s; top trophy issues can be dramatically higher.
Current fixed-price retail
Very thin; exact reverse and grade required.
Raw auction
Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.
Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)
Entry: ~$5,000-$10,000; Typical: —; Choice: ~$30,000-$50,000+
Market / specialist note
Separate gold market; exceptional triumphal or trophy pieces remain outside ordinary gold progression. 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.