CNG 88, Lot: 1260. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.10 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear. RIC II 190. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, traces of red, small area of corrosion in field on reverse. Wonderful Flavian portrait.

From the Sierra Collection.