Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71.

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Lot: 506. Estimated: $ 300

The Summer Haven Collection of Sestertii, Bronze

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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis, globe at point of bust / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and vindicta. RIC II.1 84 (R2). Brown river patina, some pitting on obverse. VF. Very rare bust type with aegis and globe.

From the Summer Haven Collection.

According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, “Libertas”, the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was “the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation.”

Closing Date and Time: 29 January 2020 at 12:48:20 ET.

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