CNG 109, Lot: 651. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ As (27.5mm, 11.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate head right / Victory standing right on prow, holding palm frond over shoulder and wreath. RIC II 1035 (Vespasian); Hendin, p. 412. Near EF, attractive green patina, a few faint scratches on reverse. Exceptional for issue.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Gemini IV (8 January 2008), lot 409; Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 149; Numismatic Fine Arts XII (23 March 1983), lot 227.