372, Lot: 417. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 21.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Legend around large S • C / Deified Vespasian seated right, holding scepter and Victory in cart drawn by a quadriga of elephants with riders. RIC II 257 (Titus). VF, dark brown surfaces with tan highlights, some roughness.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84, Part II (21 May 2015), lot 1823 (hammer 800 CHF).