431, Lot: 388. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. Æ Sestertius (32.1mm, 26.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Deified Vespasian seated right, holding scepter and Victory, in cart drawn right by a quadriga of elephants with riders / Legend around large S • C. RIC II 258. VF, natural green and brown patina with traces of red. An attractive, untouched coin. Rare.

Ex AMP Collection of Roman Numismatic Portraiture (Numismatica Ars Classica 98, 12 December 2016), lot 1113.