Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1577. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.66 gm). "Tribute Penny" of Tiberius, struck at Lugdunum, RIC 30. Countermark IMP VES ligate within rectangular incuse before portrait on obverse. Howgego 839; see BMCRE vol. II, pg. xvii where it is mentioned that the countermark is found on denarii from about 120 BC to those struck under Augustus. Base coin Fair, c/m Fine and complete. ($300)

See lots 1472 and 1519 for other coins countermarked under Vespasian.