From the Boscoreale Hoard // Calicó Plate Coin

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1744. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (7.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 70. Laureate head right / Aequitas standing left, holding scales and scepter. RIC II 20; Calicó 604 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, wonderful violet-red and blue toning. Bold portrait.

Ex Rauch 9 (23 September 2005), lot 684; Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.