CNG 102, Lot: 892. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.06 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa January-June. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Mars advancing left, holding spear and aquila with vexillum. RIC I 23; CSB 11; RSC 24. VF, toned, traces of deposits, flaw on reverse, which is struck slightly off center.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.