CNG 102, Lot: 893. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa January–June. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Victory advancing left, holding shield inscribed [SP/QR] in two lines. Cf. RIC I 38 (Aureus); cf. CSB 39 (same); cf. RSC 101. VF, darkly toned. Very rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.