CNG 99, Lot: 607. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, holding thunderbolt in claws; on low garlanded cippus. RIC II 847; RSC 121. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.