Vespasian Restored
Ex Biaggi de Blasys and Mazzini Collections

Triton XIX, Lot: 2192. Estimate $10000. Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Vespasian. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG COS VIIII, laureate head of Vespasian right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, military trophy; at base, captive kneeling left. RIC II 826; Woytek 864; Komnick 65.0; Calicó 705 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 352 = Mazzini 648 (this coin); BMCRE –. Good VF, several scratches and nicks. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 205; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 648.