CNG 85, Lot: 869. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. Laureate head right / Salus seated left, holding patera. RIC II 513; RSC 431. Superb EF, toned, slightly off-center strike on obverse. Wonderful portrait.

Ex Tkalec (9 May 2005), lot 258.