Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1360. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AV Aureus (7.32 gm). Rome mint. Struck 73 AD. Laureate head right / Temple of Vesta: statue of Vesta standing left within tetrastyle belvedere, two smaller statues of minor goddesses to left and right. RIC II 69c; BMCRE 107; Cohen 578. Near VF, edge marks. Rare. ($2000)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1271.

This wonderful architectural type was struck to celebrate the re-dedication of the Temple of Vesta on the Palatine, which had been destroyed in the great fire of Nero and later rebuilt by Vespasian.