Third Known

Triton XIV, Lot: 675. Estimate $15000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.44 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 72-73. IMP • VESPAS • AVG P M TRI • P • P • P • COS • IIII •, laureate and draped bust left / VIRTVS AVGVSTI, Virtus standing right, left foot on shield, holding vertical spear in right hand and parazonium in left. RIC II 1552; RPC II 1926 (same obv. die); Calicó - (but cf. Calicó 702a = RPC II 1925 [same obv. die]); BN -. Good VF. Extremely rare. Only the third known example.