Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1008. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ As (10.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Laureate head right / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 894. VF, hard dark green patina, traces of smoothing. Bold portrait.