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LOT 3099
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.(27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158.
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection.
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