Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 518.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 2 000

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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / ROMA RESVRGES, S C in exergue, Vespasian, laureate and togate, standing left, left arm at side, right hand extended to raise up Roma, a draped woman, kneeling right in front of him, and holding out her right hand to him; in the background stands the goddess Roma, helmeted and in military dress, holding [spear] and round shield. RIC II.1 195 (R2; same rev. die as illustration on back of dust jacket); BMCRE 565 (same dies); BN 531 (same obv. die). Brown patina, smoothed. VF. Very rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 934; Rauch 86 (12 May 2010), lot 669; Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 410.


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