Rare Variety

192, Lot: 248. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.23 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / AVGVR TRI POT, simpulum, sprinkler, jug and lituus. RIC II - (old edition 137); BMCRE 326 (plated); RSC 43b. Good VF, light toning.

Most of the recorded examples of this variety are listed as being fourrées, which this example is not. The new edition of RIC Volume II leaves the variety out completely.