Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 840. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (3.42 gm). Uncertain mint. IMP CAESAR [VESPASIAN]VS AVG, laureate head right / IMP in exergue, Vespasian, holding eagle tipped sceptre, in walking quadriga right. RIC II -; BMCRE -; RPC -; BN -; RSC -. EF. ($1500)

An unusual coin and unpublished coin. The style is not like that of Rome, Ephesus, or Antioch, the 3 mints recorded to have struck denarii for Vespasian.