CNG 102, Lot: 899. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 72-73. Laureate head right / Vesta standing left, holding simpulum and scepter. RIC II 360; RSC 574. Near EF, darkly toned, traces of deposits.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.