120, Lot: 89. Estimate $300. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 12.15 g). Lugdunum (Lyons) mint. Struck 71 AD. Radiate head right, small globe at point of bust / Fortuna standing left, holding branch, rudder set on globe and cornucopiae. RIC II 473 var. (no globe); BMCRE pg. 127 * var. (same); Cohen 187 var. (same).Good VF, glossy dark green patina, some spots of roughness, small planchet lamination on reverse and a hairline flan crack.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.