Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. Good VF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 728. Estimated: $ 5 000

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 9 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head left / COS VIII in exergue, Vespasian, in military dress, standing left, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left, crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC II.1 936; Calicó 625a; BMCRE 205; BN 183; Adda 55; Biaggi 318. Light reddish tone, some underlying luster, faint hairlines. Good VF.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (23 June 2021), lot 660; Künker 304 (19 March 2018), lot 1096.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Three – Lot 648–983 will be held Wednesday morning, 10 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.