Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1418. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. AV Aureus (7.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 76 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / COS VII, cow standing right. RIC II 96; Calicó 622; BMCRE 176; BN 153; Cohen 117. Near EF, toned, a few peck marks on reverse. ($7500)

This reverse type is very similar to an aureus struck for Augustus (cf. Triton VIII, lot 1088), and may signal the new regime's attempt to foster a nostalgic bridge with the Augustan Age.