Details
LOT 3551
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / ROMA, Roma standing to left, holding Victory and spear; S C across fields. RIC II.1, 190; BMCRE-560. Near Very Fine.(26.46gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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