CNG 96, Lot: 763. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.36 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head right / TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAESARES PRIN IVEN, Titus and Domitian, each in military attire and holding spear in right hand, on horses galloping right. RIC II 1122; Lyon 14; Calicó 675a (same obv. die as illustration): BMCRE 395; BN 299; Biaggi –. Good VF, attractive reddish tone.