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LOT 2852
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Rome mint; struck AD 75. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / PON MAX TR P COS VI, Securitas seated to left, holding branch in her right hand and resting her left elbow on throne. RIC II 772; RSC 366. Near Very Fine.(3.07gr, 20mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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