CNG 106, Lot: 721. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.22 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head right / COS III FORT RED, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and winged caduceus. RIC II 1111; Lyon 8; Calicó 613a; BMCRE 382; BN 292; Biaggi 310. VF, underlying luster.