CNG 100, Lot: 1847. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head right / COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna standing left, holding cornucopia and resting hand on prow to left. RIC II 1104; Lyon 1; Calicó 602; BMCRE 373; BN 288; Biaggi –. Near EF, lustrous, a few tiny marks. Rare.