CNG 106, Lot: 723. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.15 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / VES TA, Temple of Vesta: round-domed, tetrastyle temple with four steps leading up to it; statue of Vesta within, statue to left and right of temple. RIC II 550; Lyon 61/1 (D149/R152); Calicó 695 (Lugdunum – same dies as illustration); BMCRE 413; BN 310 (same dies); Biaggi 342 (same dies). Good VF, underlying luster, some weakness on highpoints. Rare.

From the WN Collection. Purchased privately from Strand Coins, Sydney Australia, 6 August 2008.