Triton XXII, Lot: 1048. Estimate $2500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (26.5mm, 12.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, radiate head right / ROMA upward to left, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding wreath with her extended right hand and resting left on parazonium at her waist; two shields set on ground to right; S C in exergue. RIC II 277; BMCRE 594-5; BN 568. Superb EF, attractive dark green patina with touches of red. Sculptural portrait of fine style.

Ex Art Coins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), 511 (hammer €14.500).