Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1009. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TITUS. As Caesar, 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.86 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck January-June 72 AD. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars, helmeted and nude but for flowing cloak, advancing right, holding spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder. RIC II 611 (Vespasian); BMCRE -; BN 621 (Vespasian); Cohen 199 corr. (radiate head right). Good VF, mottled brown and black patina. Bold portrait. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Vecchi 4 (5 December 1996), lot 148; Numismatica Ars Classica 8 (3 April 1995), lot 792.