Rare Variety

340, Lot: 339. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 13.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Radiate head left / Felicitas standing left, holding globe and cornucopia. RIC II 717 (R3). VF, brown patina with touches of red and green, minor roughness on obverse, patches of corrosion on reverse. Rare with Felicitas holding globe.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 299 (27 March 2013), lot 379.