288, Lot: 403. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.49 g, 1h). 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). Fine, brown surfaces, light porosity.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.