Superb Vespasian Aureus

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1048. Estimate $20000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS VIII in exergue, Vespasian standing left, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left, crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC II 935; Calicó 624-624a; BMCRE 204; BN 181-2; Biaggi 317; AdG p. 35 (this coin). Superb EF, attractively toned.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 423.