CNG 96, Lot: 766. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.02 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CΛES VESP ΛVG CEN, laureate head right / VES TΛ, Temple of Vesta: round-domed, tetrastyle temple, four steps leading up to it; statue of Vesta dancing within, flanked by statue to left and right of Temple. RIC II 515; Calicó 690a; BMCRE 107; BN 92; Biaggi 340. Fine, traces of deposits.