257, Lot: 296. Estimate $100. Sold for $117. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ (22mm, 13.55 g, 12h). IMP[T CAESAR AV]G VESPA, bare head left / Founder driving yoke of oxen right. Sawaya 513 (D88/R212); RPC II 2045 var. (obv. legend). Fine, brown surfaces, numerous scratches on both sides. Extremely rare legend variety. Perhaps the second known.

From the Sierra Collection.