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LOT 3550
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Ephesus mint; struck AD 73. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS IIII TR P P P, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Victory advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath; to right, star. RIC2 1454. Very Fine. Rare obverse legend.(3.21gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
