CNG 85, Lot: 868. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right / VESTA, Temple of Vesta: round-domed, tetrastyle temple, four steps leading up to it; statue of Vesta dancing within, flanked by statue to left and right of Temple. RIC II 515; Calicó 690a. VF. Well centered on a broad flan.