CNG 85, Lot: 871. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 15.21 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Securitas seated right, resting head on raising hand and holding scepter; lighted altar to right. RIC II 1265 (Vespasian); Lyon 113 (Vespasian, D307/R312). Good VF, attractive brown surfaces. Bold portrait. Rare.