Details
LOT 2850
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. Good Very Fine.(3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included.
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