Ex Trau Collection

CNG 112, Lot: 611. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ As (26.5mm, 12.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Laureate head left / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 731. Dark brown patina. In NGC encapsulation 4371775-004, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.

Ex Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Ranschburg–A. Hess, 22 May 1935), lot 657.