456, Lot: 358. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AE Dupondius (27mm, 13.17 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Laureate head right / Winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae. RIC II 756; RPC II 1982; McAlee 368. Dark green patina, some pitting on obverse. VF.

Though McAlee places this issue as struck for use in Syria, the updated RIC II places it instead as minted in association with the Syrian issues, for domestic use rather than for export.