CNG 105, Lot: 843. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 11.13 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 77-78. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; shields and spears behind. RIC II 1223; Lyon –; BMCRE 837. VF, emerald green patina with light earthen deposits, small spot of corrosion on the reverse. Exquisite portrait.