435, Lot: 638. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Cast “Sestertius” (35mm, 33.18 g, 6h). Paduan type. Early cast after Giovanni da Cavino, 1500-1570. Laureate head right / Vespasian standing left, extending hand to Roma who is kneeling right; behind her, Minerva standing right, holding shield. Johnson & Martini 1550-60; Klawans 3. VF, even brown surfaces.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.