CNG 88, Lot: 1263. Estimate $300. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 79. Laureate head left / Statue of radiate male figure standing facing, holding spear and parazonium, on rostral column. RIC II 1066; RSC 560. VF, lightly toned, light scuff in left field on reverse. Rare.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Rauch 67 (26 February 2001), lot 365.