Calicó Plate Coin

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1757. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $10250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (7.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Laureate head right / 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 708 (Vespasian); Calicó 793 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, minor edge mark. Struck on a broad flan. Excellent portrait. Rare.

Ex Goldberg 37 (12 September 2006), lot 3457.