392, Lot: 523. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 73. IMP CΛES VESP ΛVG CEN, laureate head right / VES TΛ, Temple of Vesta: round-domed, tetrastyle temple with four steps leading up to it; statue of Vesta within, statue to left and right of temple. RIC II 515; Calicó 690a. Near VF, toned, a number of marks, possibly ex jewelry.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Vinchon (23 April 1976), lot 221.