329, Lot: 407. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Deified Vespasian seated right, holding scepter and Victory, in cart drawn by a quadriga of elephants with riders / Legend around large S•C. RIC II 258. VF, dark gray-brown patina, areas of minor roughness. Rare.
From the Fairfield Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Electronic Auction 1 (31 August 2013), lot 428.