117, Lot: 229. Estimate $500. Sold for $741. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.46 g). Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. Laureate head right / Legend in four lines within oak-wreath. RIC II 458; cf. BMCRE 573; Cohen 529. VF, green patina, some smoothing. Extremely rare reverse type for Vespasian.