382, Lot: 382. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.38 g, 1h). Uncertain (Ephesus?) mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Clasped hands holding caduceus, two poppies, and two stalks of grain. RIC II 1475; RPC 1452; RSC 163. VF, toned, a few shallow scratches on obverse. Rare. Lacking the usual annulet below the bust.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Elwood Rafn Collection (CNG Inventory 997328), February 2015.