Details
LOT 3553
Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. Near Very Fine.(11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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