192, Lot: 247. Estimate $150. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.42 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 70. Laureate head right / Pax seated left, holding branch and caduceus. RIC II 29; BMCRE 26; RSC 94h. Near EF.

This coin shows evidence of multiple striking which spread the flan to a 21mm diameter. One strike visible on the reverse at 9 o’clock was off center about by 95%, with just a crescent shaped border of dots visible on the edge.