Triton XVIII, Lot: 1043. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VES P ΛVG P M, laureate head right / TRI POT, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, holding simpulum in extended right hand and resting left hand at side. RIC II 46; RSC 561; BMCRE 57-8; BN 39-40. EF, toned underlying luster. Rare in high grade.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.