173, Lot: 401. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.10 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 576a. VF, rough brown surfaces.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.