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LOT 3316
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG above monogram of ΦΥ; all within oak wreath. RIC II.1 1414 (R3); RPC II 822; RSC -. (NGC graded XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-008).).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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