389, Lot: 616. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.93 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Foreparts of two capricorns, left and right, back to back, supporting round shield inscribed S C; globe below. RIC II 357 (Titus); RSC 497. Good VF, somewhat iridescent tone, a few scratches under tone on reverse.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Marshall Fields, 20 June 1987.