CNG 90, Lot: 1092. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Vespasian, with Titus and Domitian as Caesars. AD 69-79. Æ (24mm, 12.57 g, 6h). Laureate head of Vespasian left / Bare heads of Titus right, and Domitian left, vis-à-vis. RPC 2812 (Unknown [possibly Cilicia]; same dies); SNG Tübingen 4744 (Uncertain Asia Minor); SNG Righetti 510 (Crete). Good VF, black and orange-brown patina, minor smoothing in fields. Choice for issue. Very rare.
The beveled edge of this coin suggests an inland mint in eastern Asia Minor or northern Syria.