CNG 88, Lot: 1271. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. Laureate head right / Clasped hands, holding grain ears, poppies, and caduceus. RIC II 528 (Vespasian); RSC 87b. Near EF, toned. Attractive large portrait. Rare.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex A. Lynn Collection (Manhattan Sale 1, 5 January 2010), lot 223; Freeman & Sear 5 (14 May 1999), lot 379.