Vespasian, 69 – 79

Aureus 77-78, AV 19 mm, 7.35 g. IMP CAESAR – VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head r. Rev. Vespasian standing l., holding long sceptre in r. hand and parazonium in l., crowned by Victory standing l. behind him, holding palm in l. hand; in exergue, COS VIII. C 130. BMC 204. RIC 935. CBN 181. Calicó 624a.
A magnificent portrait of superb style and a wonderful reddish tone.
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex Sternberg XV, 1985, 361; Stack’s 3 December 1996, M. F. Price, 147; Leu 72, 1998, 423; Triton XVIII, 2015, 1048 and Nomos 17, 2018, 238 sales. From the collection of the Money Museum.