Triton XIV, Lot: 677. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head right / EX S C in exergue, empty quadriga advancing left; dash rail surmounted by statuette of quadriga flanked by Victories holding palm fronds and wreaths; car ornamented with figures of Minerva advancing left and brandishing spear, and garlands. RIC II 361 (Titus); RSC 146; BMCRE 119-22 (Titus); BN 94-5 (Titus). Superb EF, lustrous, tiny flan flaw on obverse. Exceptional.

Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1119.