CNG 85, Lot: 866. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS ITER TR POT, Pax seated left, holding olive branch and caduceus. RIC II 28; Calicó 607a. Near EF, toned, shallow scratch in exergue on reverse. Bold portrait.