Triton XXI, Lot: 733. Estimate $15000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right / PAX ΛVG, Pax, draped, standing left, extending winged caduceus in right hand over follis (purse) lying on tripod to left, holding olive branch in left hand, resting left arm on column. RIC II 512; Calicó 659; BMCRE 95; BN 80; Biaggi –. Choice EF, lustrous, small scratch in field on reverse.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex New York Sale XXIII (6 January 2010), lot 144.