★ Bold Portrait ★

Vespasian (AD 69–79).
Denarius (AR, 16 mm, 3.35 g), Ephesus mint, AD 71.
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P Head of Vespasian, laureate, right / PACI [AVGV]STAE Victory advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm branch over her left shoulder in her left hand; EPHE in lower right field.
RIC II.1 1431; RPC II 833.
Lightly toned. Struck on a somewhat small flan. Almost extremely fine.