444, Lot: 347. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / FORTVNΛ ΛVGVST, Fortuna standing left on low wreathed base decorated with rams’ heads, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC II 699; Calicó 631 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 275; BN 246-8; Biaggi 320 (same rev. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 172. Good Fine, a couple of marks at edge, traces of earthen deposits.