Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1114. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. Sold For $2000 

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.67 gm, 7h). 
Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS 
AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate and draped bust 
right, seen from behind / HONOS ET VIRTVS, S C in 
exergue, Honos, draped at waist, standing right, 
holding long sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae 
in left hand, and Virtus in military outfit 
standing left, foot on cuirass, holding parazonium 
in right hand and spear in left hand; vis-à-vis. 
RIC II 423; C.M. Kraay, "The bronze coinage of 
Vespasian; classification and attribution," Essays 
Sutherland pp. 50-53; BMCRE 760 (Tarraco); cf. BN 
487; Cohen 203 var. (obv. legend). 

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Gilbert 
Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 
November 1994), lot 289.

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