280, Lot: 160. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 21.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Legend around large S • C / Deified Vespasian seated right, holding scepter and Victory in cart drawn by a quadriga of elephants with riders. RIC II 257 (Titus). Near VF, brown patina, light roughness. Rare.

From the Nera Collection.