The Temple of Vesta

330, Lot: 333. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CΛES VESP ΛVG CEN, laureate head right / VES TΛ, Temple of Vesta: round-domed, tetrastyle temple with four steps leading up to it; statue of Vesta within, statue to left and right of temple. RIC II 516; Calicó 690b. VF, a few light marks on obverse.