★ A lustrous Ephesian denarius of Vespasian ★

Vespasian, 69-79. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.56 g, 1 h), Ephesus, 69-70. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. CONCORDIA AVG Ceres seated to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; in exergue, monogram. BMC 434A. Cohen 65. RIC 1400. RPC II 809. A lustrous and attractive example with a bold portrait. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, Leu Web Auction 21, 19 July 2022, 4076 and previously acquired before 2021.