CNG 102, Lot: 901. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / FORTVNΛ ΛVGVST, Fortuna standing left on low wreathed base decorated with rams’ heads, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC II 699; Calicó 631; BMCRE 275 (same rev. die); BN 246-8 (same rev. die); Biaggi 320-1. VF. Struck on a broad flan.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Künker 262 (13 March 2015), lot 7982 (hammer €5500).